Title: **Miracle Apples** Romaji: Kiseki no Ringo Japanese: 奇跡のリンゴ Release Date: June 8, 2013 Genre: Drama / Based on True Story / Agriculture Synopsis Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens .. \*Notes 1) Based on the true story of Akinori Kimura and his wife Mieko Kimura. Their story was first brought to the public's attention via an NHK program titled "Way of Professional Work". Takuji Ishikawa then wrote a novel on the husband and wife titled "Kiseki no Ringo (Zettai Fukano) oh Kutsugaeshita Noka・ Akinori Kimura no Kiroku" (published July, 2008 by Gentosha). 2) Filming takes place from mid-April to mid-June, 2012 in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. In addition, scenery filming will take place during autumn and winter, 2012. Cast: Sadao Abe - Akinori Kimura Miho Kanno - Mieko Kimura Hiroyuki Ikeuchi - Mot-chan Takashi Sasano - Fukatsu Masato Ibu - Kozo Mikami Mieko Harada - Mikami Tsutomu Yamazaki - Seiji Kimura Tsumugi Hatakeyama - Hinako Kimura Sorami Watanabe - Saki Kimura Sono Koizumi - Natsuko Kimura Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura Writer: Tomoko Yoshida, Yoshihiro Nakamura Producer: Minami Ichikawa, Akio Kobayashi, Tohru Kenjyo, Hisashi Usui, Akihiro Yamauchi Cinematographer: Shunsuke Ito Distributor: Toho General Complete name : **Miracle Apples (Kiseki no Ringo) 2013.mp4** Format : MPEG-4 Format profile: Base Media Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41) File size: 1.35 GiB Duration : 2 h 9 min Overall bit rate: 1 495 kb/s Writing application : Lavf53.6.0 Video ID : 1 Format: AVC Format/Info: Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 9 frames Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info: Advanced Video Coding Duration : 2 h 9 min Bit rate: 1 322 kb/s Width: **1 024** pixels Height: **576** pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 23.976 FPS Color space: YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel\*Frame) : 0.093 Stream size: 1.19 GiB (88%) Writing library: x264 core 138 r2358 9e941d1 Audio ID : 2 Format: AAC Format/Info: Advanced Audio Codec Format profile: LC Codec ID: 40 Duration: 2 h 9 min Bit rate mode: Constant Bit rate: 165 kb/s Channel(s): 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate: 48.0 kHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size: 153 MiB (11%) Language: Japanese Country: Japan Subtitles: **English**