Dia memenangkan [[Blue Ribbon Awards]] sebagai Sutradara Terbaik untuk film ''[[Until We Meet Again (film)|Until We Meet Again]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1950/|script-title= ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー|accessdate= 2010-01-17|language= Japanese|publisher= Cinema Hochi|archive-date= 2013-10-19|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131019083608/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1950/|dead-url= yes}}</ref> ''[[Mahiru no ankoku]]'' pada Blue Ribbon Awards ke-7,<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1956/|script-title= ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー|accessdate= 2010-01-17|language= Japanese|publisher= Cinema Hochi|archive-date= 2010-12-27|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101227084607/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1956/|dead-url= yes}}</ref> dan ''[[The Rice People]]'' pada Blue Ribbon Awards ke-8.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1957/|script-title= ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー|accessdate= 2010-01-17|language= Japanese|publisher= Cinema Hochi|archive-date= 2013-12-30|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231655/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1957/|dead-url= yes}}</ref>
