Inochi

Inochi (命, lit. "life") is a 2002 Japanese movie directed by Shinohara Tetsuo starring Esumi Makiko and Toyokawa Etsushi. 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 the Internet Movie Database