Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1997)
Original title: 秋桜 コスモス
Remembering the Cosmos Flower is a 1997 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Junichi Suzuki, with a running time of 1h 43m. It stars Akane Oda, Mari Natsuki and Megumi Matsushita.
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.