The Little Runaway

1h 53min

Family

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 Companies

Daiei Film

Gorky Film Studios

Cast

Makiko Ishimaru

Makiko Ishimaru

Michiko Sakuma in childhood
Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Director of the shelter
Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Nobuyuki Noda, Ken's uncle
Ken Utsui

Ken Utsui

Teacher Tabata
Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Japanese in Leningrad and Moscow
Lyubov Sokolova

Lyubov Sokolova

Lieutenant of militia
Michiyo Yasuda

Michiyo Yasuda

Michiko Sakuma
Hiroyuki Ôta

Hiroyuki Ôta

Ken Kawama as an adult
Viktor Chekmaryov

Viktor Chekmaryov

a man on a business trip
Jun Fujimaki

Jun Fujimaki

Jiro Kimura
Mikiko Tsubouchi

Mikiko Tsubouchi

Female teacher
Vladimir Yemelyanov

Vladimir Yemelyanov

chief of customs service
Hiroko Machida

Hiroko Machida

Michiko's mother
Rudolf Barshai

Rudolf Barshai

cameo role
Ivan Ryzhov

Ivan Ryzhov

старшина Трофимыч

Release date

24th Dec 1966

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語, Pусский