  The complex Langevin method and the generalized Lefschetz-thimble method are
two closely related approaches to the sign problem, which are both based on
complexification of the original dynamical variables. The former can be viewed
as a generalization of the stochastic quantization using the Langevin equation,
whereas the latter is a deformation of the integration contour using the
so-called holomorphic gradient flow. In order to clarify their relationship, we
propose a formulation which combines the two methods by applying the former
method to the real variables that parametrize the deformed integration contour
in the latter method. Three versions, which differ in the treatment of the
residual sign problem in the latter method, are considered. By applying them to
a single-variable model, we find, in particular, that one of the versions
interpolates the complex Langevin method and the original Lefschetz-thimble
method.
