Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Junichi SuzukiScreenplay
- Tetsuhiro KosugiScreenplay
- Junichi SuzukiDirector
Cast
- Akane OdaAkiko
- Mari NatsukiAkiko's mother
- Megumi MatsushitaCast
- Megumi SakakibaraCast
- Rumi SakakibaraCast
- Kai ShishidoCast
- Ken'ichi IshiiCast
- Toshiya FujitaCast
- Tamio KawachiCast
- Masahiro NoguchiCast
- Joe ShishidoCast
- Hisano YamaokaCast
Themes
aidshivdiscrimination