The Little Runaway

The Little Runaway

113 mins | Family | Dec. 24, 1966

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.

The Little Runaway

113 mins | Family | Dec. 24, 1966

The Little Runaway
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.
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Gorky Film Studios
Original title Маленький беглец
Directors Eduard Bocharov, Aleksandr Kurochkin, Michihiko Obimori, Teinosuke Kinugasa
Writers Andrei Bitov, Emil Braginskiy, Hideo Oguni

Cast

Chiharu Inayoshi

as Ken Kawama

Makiko Ishimaru

as Michiko Sakuma in childhood

Volodya Bykov

as Vasska

Tanya Aynyukova

as Alyonka

Machiko Kyō

as Director of the shelter

Jūkichi Uno

as Nobuyuki Noda, Ken's uncle

Inna Makarova

as Klava

Ken Utsui

as Teacher Tabata

Stanislav Chekan

as raftsman

Eiji Funakoshi

as Japanese in Leningrad and Moscow

Lyubov Sokolova

as Lieutenant of militia

Michiyo Yasuda

as Michiko Sakuma

Nikolay Grabbe

as foreman

Hiroyuki Ôta

as Ken Kawama as an adult

Viktor Chekmaryov

as a man on a business trip

Jun Fujimaki

as Jiro Kimura

Eduard Bredun

as hunter

Mikiko Tsubouchi

as Female teacher

Yuriy Sarantsev

as mate

Vladimir Yemelyanov

as chief of customs service

Reiji Kurihara

as anchorman

Nikolay Smorchkov

as builder

Mihail Shuydin

as clown

Hiroko Machida

as Michiko's mother

Rudolf Barshai

as cameo role

Yûzô Hayakawa

as Policeman

Ivan Ryzhov

as старшина Трофимыч