Your dead grandpa calls you the Messiah. Happy birthday, weirdo.
Kiyoshi's work as a pest control man leads him to a mysteriously deserted house. Then on his 20th birthday he receives a letter from his dead grandfather telling him that he is the Messiah.
Acting
Sharpe's deadpan desperation is painfully specific.
Direction
Kingsley-Sharpe debut already shows their signature unease.
Production
Deserted house becomes character—claustrophobic and vast.
Director
Will Sharpe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sharpe drew from his own British-Japanese heritage; the family's Japanese dialogue was unscripted with his actual relatives.
This short became the proof-of-concept for Flowers, Sharpe's later Channel 4 series exploring similar themes of mental illness and family dysfunction.
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