Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1997)
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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