When Miri finds herself pregnant by a married man with no prospect of getting a divorce she turns to her former boyfriend Higashi Yutaka for solace and advice. But Miri discovers that he has an...

When Miri finds herself pregnant by a married man with no prospect of getting a divorce she turns to her former boyfriend Higashi Yutaka for solace and advice. But Miri discovers that he has an advanced form of cancer. The two lives in Miris life begin heading in opposite directions : birth and death. But Higashi doesnt give up without a struggle. He tries all forms of medical treatments in Tokyo and New York. Miri, meanwhile, decides to have the baby because his illness convinces her not to deny a life. Higashi in turn, fully aware that his illness is terminal, promises to stay aliev 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." And so Higashi and Miri set about to fufill this promise...