Until the last minute of his death, he had an idea to film "Gento Tsujibasha" (Magic lantern stage carriage) by Futaro YAMADA as his newest film, for which he had already decided to cast Tatsuya NAKADAI, Hiroyuki SANADA, and Ken OGATA among others, with music by Yosuke YAMASHITA, and he was developing the script, but the film was never realized.
亡くなる直前まで、最新作として山田風太郎作の『幻燈辻馬車』の映画化を構想し、配役は仲代達矢、真田広之、緒形拳ら、音楽は山下洋輔と決まり、シナリオを練っていたが、果たせなかった。