Sima Ryotaro's masterpiece "Toge" was first visualized, directed by the famous director Yasushi Koizumi, and co-starred with Yakusho Koji & Nakadai Tatsuya & Matsutaka.
"Toge" tells the legendary life of Kawai Kanosuke, the elder of the Echigo Nagaoka clan, the veteran of the Echigo Nagaoka clan. Koji Yakusho will play Kanosuke Kawai and Takako Matsuko will play his wife.
Tanaka, Kagawa Kyoko, Sasakinosuke, Bando Ryuta, Nagayama Ayato, Enoki Takaaki, Watanabe Dai, Yajima Kenichi, Yamamoto School, Igawa Hisashi, Higashiide Masada, Yoshioka Hidetaka participated. The film will be filmed in Nagaoka, Niigata in September. The most important "North Vietnam War" scene in the film will feature 5,000 extras.
The film will be released in 2020.