Remembering the Cosmos Flower

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

Akane Oda

Akiko

Mari Natsuki

Akiko's mother

Megumi Matsushita

Megumi Sakakibara

Rumi Sakakibara

Kai Shishido

Ken'ichi Ishii

Toshiya Fujita

Tamio Kawachi

Masahiro Noguchi