Final Years
Yodogawa lived the last years of his life in the Zen Nikku Hotel in Tokyo (now ANA InterContinental Tokyo), where he paid for his room in cash every 10 days. He continued working as the host of Sunday Western Movie Theatre until just weeks before his death.
Nagaharu Yodogawa died November 11, 1998 of heart failure. Yodogawa Nagaharu monogatari - Kobe-hen: Sainara, a biographical film depicting his life, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released the following year.
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