Remembering the Cosmos Flower

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

1997 · 103 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by Junichi Suzuki · Written by Junichi Suzuki

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