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.

Cast

Chiharu Inayoshi

Ken Kawama

Makiko Ishimaru

Michiko Sakuma in childhood

Volodya Bykov

Vasska

Tanya Aynyukova

Alyonka

Yuriy Nikulin

Machiko Kyō

Director of the shelter

Jūkichi Uno

Nobuyuki Noda, Ken's uncle

Inna Makarova

Klava

Ken Utsui

Teacher Tabata

Stanislav Chekan

raftsman