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The Little Runaway

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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.

DirectorsEduard Bocharov·Teinosuke Kinugasa
WritersAndrei Bitov·Hideo Oguni
ProducersGrigoriy Britikov·Masaichi Nagata

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Cast · Directed by Eduard Bocharov

CIChiharu Inayoshi
Chiharu Inayoshi
Ken Kawama
MIMakiko Ishimaru
Makiko Ishimaru
Michiko Sakuma in childhood
VBVolodya Bykov
Volodya Bykov
Vasska
TA
Tanya Aynyukova
Alyonka
YNYuriy Nikulin
Yuriy Nikulin
MKMachiko Kyō
Machiko Kyō
Director of the shelter
JUJūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno
Nobuyuki Noda, Ken's uncle
IMInna Makarova
Inna Makarova
Klava
KUKen Utsui
Ken Utsui
Teacher Tabata
SCStanislav Chekan
Stanislav Chekan
raftsman
EFEiji Funakoshi
Eiji Funakoshi
Japanese in Leningrad and Moscow
LSLyubov Sokolova
Lyubov Sokolova
Lieutenant of militia

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