Inochi

Inochi
Directed by	Shinohara Tetsuo
Screenplay by	Sumio Ōmori
Produced by	Hidenori Iyoda Junichi Shindo
Starring	Esumi Makiko Etsushi Toyokawa
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Inochi (命, lit. "life") is a 2002 Japanese movie directed by Shinohara Tetsuo starring Esumi Makiko and Etsushi Toyokawa. It is based on a memoir of the same title by the Korean-Japanese author Yu Miri.

Plot summary

Yu Miri (Esumi) is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka (Toyokawa), now struggling with terminal cancer, decides to help raise him, pledging to "live long enough to hear him say my name."

External links

• Inochi at IMDb