[8] Fujita, however, was able to forge a compromise with the sex and nudity demands of the Roman porno genre to bring these films, especially Sweet Smell of Eros, close to mainstream acceptance.
[11] In the 1970s, Nikkatsu was still producing non-adult films as well as Roman porno[8] and Fujita made a number of realistic dramas about youth and the generation gap including the 1973 Did the Red Bird Escape?
(Akai tori nigeta) and two works from 1974, Virgin Blues and The Red Lantern, the latter film having been described as a young couple's "futile attempt to escape from a restrictive society.
So Soft, So Cunning, considered one of Fujita's best films, is "a somber look at family life in contemporary Japan",[14] while Tenshi o yūwaku is a serious portrayal of the problems faced by a young couple (Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura) in the suburbs.
[15] In 1984 Fujita directed the crime thriller The Miracle of Joe Petrel and his last film as a director was Revolver, where a single gun connects the lives of several people.