竹下登
On 18 March 1983 Togawa attended a preview of the new film adaptation of "The Yoshida School: A Novel" and a party hosted by Noboru Takeshita, and soon after, before daybreak on 19 March, he died suddenly. He was 59 years old. The then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone hurried to his wake and at his funeral Kakuei Tanaka gave a eulogy written by Taro Maki, a journalist who was referred to as Isamu Togawa's only disciple.