Makiko Esumi won the Best Actress Award of Asia-Pacific Film Festival.

The movie "Inochi (Life)" (distributed by Toei Co., Ltd., now on view) starring Makiko Esumi and Etsushi Toyokawa was awarded Grand Prix in the competition section of the '47th Asia-Pacific Film Festival' which wasMakiko Esumi commented through Toei Co., Ltd., "It is really glad that I have been awarded. I couldn't have achieved without my fans. Now I don't know what to say more. Thank you. " held in Seoul, South Korea on October 4, 2002. Furthermore, Makiko Esumi won the Best Actress Award.

When Miri Yu finds herself pregnant by a married man with no prospect of getting divorced, She turns to her former boyfriend Higashi Yutaka for solace and advice. But Miri discovers that he has an advanced cancer. The two lives in Miri's life begin heading in opposite directions, birth & death. But Higashi doesn't give up without a struggle. He tries all sorts of advanced medical treatment in Tokyo and New York.

Miri, meanwhile, decides to have the baby because his illness convinces her that she could not deny a life. Higashi in turn, fully aware that his illness is terminal, promises to try to stay alive as long as possible and to help her raise the child. "I witnessed my own rebirth... I have to live until your child can say my name." Higashi and Miri set about to fulfill his promise.......