Inochi

2002 Japanese film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Inochi (; 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.

Directed byShinohara Tetsuo
Screenplay bySumio Ōmori
Produced byHidenori Iyoda
Junichi Shindo
Starring
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Inochi
Directed byShinohara Tetsuo
Screenplay bySumio Ōmori
Produced byHidenori Iyoda
Junichi Shindo
Starring
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
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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."

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