Yôkame no semi (2011)

Yôkame no semi: Directed by Izuru Narushima. With Hiromi Nagasaku, Mao Inoue, Eiko Koike, Konomi Watanabe. After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.

“Excellent off-beat drama about a vampire, werewolf and ghost who share a flat in suburban Bristol. The script was intelligent, with thoughtful but compelling story lines that did not treat the audience like complete idiots, was perfectly paced and matched to the main characters. The entire cast was excellent, with quality supporting performances as to be expected from Adrian Lester, Natalie Armin u0026amp; others. The audience response was so good, it has now been remade by the BBC as a full series. As a whole, this was a perfect short film that deserved a lot more recognition. Sadly only one of the original main actors makes it into the remake, but hopefully the BBC wonu0026#39;t screw up by trying to overplay their hand. If the rest of the production crew and cast have been retained this could be another classic in the making.”