its ue ish a ▁was ▁destroyed ▁and ▁the ▁elder ▁F uj is awa ▁was ▁left ▁with ▁nothing ▁but ▁borrow ed ▁money ▁to ▁live ▁on . ▁Later ▁he ▁planned ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁movie ▁industry ▁but ▁the ▁trem end ous ▁efforts ▁he ▁had ▁made ▁after ▁the ▁dis aster ▁had ▁w reck ed ▁his ▁health ▁and ▁he ▁became ▁an ▁invalid . ▁The ▁young ▁F uj is awa ▁hoped ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁teacher ▁but ▁failed ▁the ▁official ▁Tokyo ▁school ▁exam in ations ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁professional ▁copy ist , ▁writing ▁addresses ▁on ▁en velop es ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁family ▁and ▁dev oting ▁his ▁le is ure ▁time ▁to ▁reading ▁literature . ▁When ▁we ▁see ▁how ▁successful ▁the ▁Take o ▁F uj is awa ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁later ▁life ▁it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁imagine ▁what ▁a ▁sh y ▁young ▁man ▁and ▁poor ▁speaker ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁years . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁he ▁was ▁called ▁up ▁for ▁military ▁service ▁and ▁after ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁army ▁he ▁res umed ▁his ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁copy ist . ▁F uj is awa ’ s ▁first ▁permanent ▁employ ment ▁started ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁twenty - three ▁years ▁old . ▁He ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁M its u wa ▁Sh ok ai , ▁a ▁company ▁in ▁H atch ob ori , ▁N ih on bash i , ▁Tokyo , ▁a ▁deal er ▁of ▁steel ▁products , ▁F uj is awa ▁was ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁travel ing