Battles Without Honor and Humanity
In 1969 he switched to Daiei as a replacement for the recently deceased Raizo Ichikawa, starring in nine films including two in the Nemuri Kyōshirō series and "Mission: Iron Castle", the final entry in the Shinobi no Mono series. After returning to Tōei he would appear in many more films by Fukasaku in the following decade, including three installments in the "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" series, "Cops vs. Thugs" (1975), "Hokuriku Proxy War" (1977), "Doberman Cop" (1977), "Shogun's Samurai" (1978) and "The Fall of Ako Castle" (1978). Starring opposite Bunta Sugawara in the first four and opposite Sonny Chiba in the last four.