Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1997)
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
Writers:
Junichi Suzuki, Tetsuhiro Kosugi.
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Akane Oda as Akiko |
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Mari Natsuki as Akiko's mother |
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Megumi Matsushita as |
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Megumi Sakakibara as |
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Rumi Sakakibara as |
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Kai Shishido as |
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Ken'ichi Ishii as |
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Toshiya Fujita as |
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Tamio Kawachi as |
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Masahiro Noguchi as |
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Joe Shishido as |
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Hisano Yamaoka as |
| Directing | Hisaaki Nagaoka | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Junichi Suzuki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tetsuhiro Kosugi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Mamoru Samuragochi | Music |
| Camera | Kazuhiko Nara | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kazushige Tanaka | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Shuichi Kakesu | Editor |
| Directing | Junichi Suzuki | Director |