Yu Miri 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, decides to help raise him.
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Cast
27 people
Makiko Esumi
Miri Yu
Known for
Maborosi
Etsushi Toyokawa
Yutaka Higashi
Known for
Love Letter
Midway
Tetsuo Shinohara
Sumio Ōmori
Teizo Aoyama
Toshio Kakei
Kamata
Also in
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War
Eerie: Invisible Face
Shigeyuki Endō
Miri Ryu
Kumiko Aso
Younger Sister
Known for
Pulse
Mirai
Miri Yu
Hidenori Iyoda
Mitsuru Hirata
Yamamuro
Known for
The Asadas!
Fukushima 50
Tetsuo Shinohara Director · Sumio Ōmori Screenplay Miri Yu Story
Worldwide gross $4.2M · First release August 26, 2002 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,187,163
Production
Asahi Shimbun
Production
Shogakukan
Production
Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
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Japan
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Original title
命
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · August 26, 2002
Montréal Film Festival
Japan · September 14, 2002
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No release date listed for United States.
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