Review: The Credits Roll Into the Sea

Title: The Credits Roll Into the Sea

Japanese Title: 海が走るエンドロール

Edition: Kindle, Paperback

Author(s): Tarachine, John

At 65, Umiko Chino is a widow with a quiet, unremarkable life. Her only plans revolve around her broken VCR, a machine that holds the last flickering memories of a life she shared. On a desperate whim, she returns to the cinema, a place where she and her husband once had their first date. But as the movie begins, it's not the screen that captures her attention—it's the mysterious, young face in the audience. After the credits, the stranger approaches her. He introduces himself as Kai Hamauchi, a film student. Umiko asks him to fix her VCR, an old-world request for a new-world person. He agrees. But as he's about to leave, he turns and poses a question that shatters her mundane existence forever: "Would you like to make a movie with me?"