a famous lighting technician who worked at the shochiku kyoto studio named shigeru mutaguchi , known for his nickname ' mutayan ' (later known as korema arima ), joined nakane productions under the name ' shigeaki arima ,' bringing over kenichi enomoto (he referred to himself as ' ken enomoto ' at the time ), a chorus boy for the asakusa opera and obeya-haiyu (an actor who played bit-parts to establish their career and lived together with other actors who had the same aims ) from toa kinema kyoto studio (also known as toji-in studio ). 中根プロには、松竹京都撮影所の名物照明マンだった「ムタやん」こと牟田口茂（のちの有馬是馬）が俳優に転向、「有馬茂明」を名乗り、浅草オペラのコーラスボーイ崩れで東亜キネマ京都撮影所（等持院撮影所）の大部屋俳優だった榎本健一（当時「榎本健」名義）を連れて参加した。
