"life" is mika nakashima's 23rd single, released on august 22, 2007. within the first press it included a picture label. the song "life" is best described as an adult contemporary pop/rock song, and was used as the theme song for the drama of the same name (which is itself based on a manga with that name), starring kii kitano (sometimes credited as kie kitano) and saki fukuda; the b-side "it's too late" was used for kanebo kate cm, which starred nakashima herself.