 Fumio Hayasaka had a celebrated association with the pre-eminent Japanese director Akira Kurosawa which was short-lived due to Hayasaka's early death.The 1948 film "Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi)" was the first film directed by Akira Kurosawa that Hayasaka composed music for.The director and composer collaborated to test “oppositional handling of music and performance”.