Tsuioku Eigakan Theatre Akane Kyo No Kiseki (PHP Bungei Bunko)

[Machine Translation] A man who was cheated by his friend and burdened with debt is asked by a girl he met in town to "make me a hitman"... What is the identity of the "love of his life" whom his mother met again at a bridge in her hometown? Through the window of his hospital room, he sees a girl who looks exactly like the girl he fell in love with at first sight when he was eleven years old... This is a moving series of short stories by a rare screenwriter about a movie theater that burned down and the miracles that happen to the people connected by the movie, based on the motifs of classic movies such as "Leon", "The Bridges of Madison County", and "A Little Love Melody".

友人に騙され借金を背負った男が、町で出会った少女に「私を殺し屋にして」と頼まれ...。母が故郷の橋で再会した、生涯の“想い人”の正体とは...。病室の窓から男が見たのは、十一歳の時に一目惚れした少女と瓜二つの女の子だった...。『レオン』『マディソン郡の橋』『小さな恋のメロディ』など名作映画をモチーフに、焼失した映画館と、映画で結ばれた人々に起こる奇跡を、稀代の脚本家が描く感動の連作短篇集。