Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1997)

5.0/10 103 min Drama

Overview

Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick with paranoia, is quick to ostracize the ailing Akiko. With only her best friend and her mom in her corner, Akiko suffers awful discrimination at school and at home.

Cast

Mari Natsuki

Akiko's mother

Megumi Matsushita

Rumi Sakakibara

Kai Shishido

Ken'ichi Ishii

Toshiya Fujita

Tamio Kawachi

Masahiro Noguchi

Joe Shishido

Hisano Yamaoka

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