Fruits of Faith

Japan Release: 2013
Running Time:
129 minutes

Fruits of Faith


Japanese Title

奇跡のリンゴ
[Kiseki no Ringo]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Toho / Hakuhodo DY/ Gentosha / Yahoo / Yomiuri Shimbun / JR East

Based on a true story, Akinori Kimura and his wife Mieko open an apple orchard right in the hometown of Hirosaki. Akinori makes the bold decision to grow the apples without pesticides, due to his wife's allergies. This results in many hardships for the family, driving Akinori to consider suicide as he faces financial ruin before a miracle happens...

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Titles

International Title

Fruits of Faith

Initial US Title

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US Distributor: - / Time: -

Alternate Titles

Miracle Apple
[Literal translation]

 


Staff

Cast

Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Writing credits Yoshihiro Nakamura, Takuji Ishikawa, Tomoko Yoshida
Produced by Hisashi Usui, Akihiro Yamauchi, Minami Ichikawa, Makoto Takahashi, Sei Matsumoto, Yozo Matsuda, Keita Kodama, Akio Kobayashi, Toru Kenjo, Kentaro Kawanabe, Naoya Fujimaki, Masato Endo
Music by Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography by Shunsuke Ito
Film Editing by Toshiro Matsutake
Production Design by Yukiharu Seshimo
Assistant Directors Megumi Sawada
Akinori Kimura Sadao Abe
Mieko Kimura Miho Kanno
Mikami Kozo Masatoh Eve
Seiji Kimura, Mieko's Mother Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hinako Kimura Tsumugi Hatakeyama

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Box Office

Release Date: June 8, 2013 (Japan)
Opening Weekend: ¥126,024,801 / $1,292,032 (Japan, 305 Screens)

Background and Trivia

  • The film was submitted to the US copyright office on July 18th, 2013 with the registration number of PA0000409341. The companies listed as submitted were Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc., Gentosha Inc., KDDI East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc., The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yahoo Japan Corporation and Toho Co. Ltd. The title used was its international title Fruits of Faith with the alternate title being its Romaji title of Kiseki no Ringo.