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Remembering the Cosmos Flower

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

Original Title: 秋桜　コスモス

19971h 43m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1997

Runtime

1h 43m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
May 3, 1997
Languages
Japanese
Director
Junichi Suzuki
Junichi Suzuki
Production Countries
Japan

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