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.

Director: Junichi Suzuki

Cast: Akane Oda, Mari Natsuki, Megumi Matsushita, Megumi Sakakibara, Rumi Sakakibara, Kai Shishido, Ken'ichi Ishii, Toshiya Fujita

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.