The Little Runaway backdrop

The Little Runaway 1966 Directed by Eduard Bocharov , Teinosuke Kinugasa Маленький беглец

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated in the Soviet Union, Ken sets off in search of him. The friendship of the great clown and the boy continues in Moscow.

Production Countries Japan , Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Languages Japanese , Russian
Gnere Family
Production Companies Daiei Film , Gorky Film Studios
Release Date 24 December 1966
113 mins
Cast
Chiharu Inayoshi Ken Kawama
Makiko Ishimaru Michiko Sakuma in childhood
Machiko Kyō Director of the shelter
Jūkichi Uno Nobuyuki Noda, Ken's uncle
Ken Utsui Teacher Tabata
Eiji Funakoshi Japanese in Leningrad and Moscow
Lyubov Sokolova Lieutenant of militia
Michiyo Yasuda Michiko Sakuma
Hiroyuki Ôta Ken Kawama as an adult
Viktor Chekmaryov a man on a business trip
Jun Fujimaki Jiro Kimura
Mikiko Tsubouchi Female teacher
Vladimir Yemelyanov chief of customs service
Reiji Kurihara anchorman
Hiroko Machida Michiko's mother
Rudolf Barshai cameo role
Yūzō Hayakawa Policeman
Ivan Ryzhov старшина Трофимыч