Japan / Dec 24, 1966
The Little Runaway (1966)
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Eduard Bocharov
1h 53minruntime
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Plot
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.
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Inna Makarova | Klava |
| Ken Utsui | Teacher Tabata |
| Stanislav Chekan | raftsman |
| Eiji Funakoshi | Japanese in Leningrad and Moscow |
| Lyubov Sokolova | Lieutenant of militia |
| Michiyo Yasuda | Michiko Sakuma |
| Nikolay Grabbe | foreman |
| Hiroyuki Ôta | Ken Kawama as an adult |
| Viktor Chekmaryov | a man on a business trip |
| Jun Fujimaki | Jiro Kimura |
| Eduard Bredun | hunter |
| Mikiko Tsubouchi | Female teacher |
| Yuriy Sarantsev | mate |
| Vladimir Yemelyanov | chief of customs service |
| Reiji Kurihara | anchorman |
| Nikolay Smorchkov | builder |
| Taiji Tonoyama |
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| Mikhail Shuydin | clown |
| Hiroko Machida | Michiko's mother |
| Rudolf Barshai | cameo role |
| Yūzō Hayakawa | Policeman |
| Ivan Ryzhov | старшина Трофимыч |
| Vitaliy Illich |
Genres
Family
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Маленький беглец |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語, Pусский |
| Production countries | Japan, Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Daiei Film, Gorky Film Studios |
| Release date | 24 dicembre 1966 |
| Production | Grigoriy Britikov, Masaichi Nagata |
| Writer | Emil Braginskiy, Andrei Bitov, Hideo Oguni |
| Editing | Olga Katusheva, Toyo Suzuki |
| Cinematography | Pyotr Kataev, Kazuo Miyagawa, Aleksandr Rybin |
| Assistant directors | Aleksandr Kurochkin, Michihiko Obimori, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Eduard Bocharov |
| Lighting | Grigoriy Zhuravlev, Yukio Itō |
| Camera operators | Pyotr Kataev, Kazuo Miyagawa, Aleksandr Rybin |
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| Additional photography | Pyotr Kataev, Kazuo Miyagawa, Aleksandr Rybin |
| Production design | Pyotr Pashkevich, Takesaburô Watanabe |
| Art direction | Pyotr Pashkevich, Takesaburô Watanabe |
| Set decoration | Pyotr Pashkevich, Takesaburô Watanabe |
| Music | Boris Karamyshev, Emin Khachaturyan, Dmitri Belevich |
| Sound | Boris Karamyshev, Emin Khachaturyan, Dmitri Belevich |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Russia / Feb 12, 1967
Finland / Sep 06, 1968
TV
Russia / Jul 14, 1969
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