The Little Runaway
1966, Russian. Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa & Eduard Bocharov.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Teinosuke KinugasaDirector
- Eduard BocharovDirector
- Chiharu InayoshiKen Kawama
- Makiko IshimaruMichiko Sakuma in childhood
- Volodya BykovVasska
- Tanya AynyukovaAlyonka
- Yuriy NikulinCast
- Machiko KyōDirector of the shelter
- Jūkichi UnoNobuyuki Noda, Ken's uncle
- Inna MakarovaKlava
- Ken UtsuiTeacher Tabata
- Stanislav Chekanraftsman
- Eiji FunakoshiJapanese in Leningrad and Moscow
- Lyubov SokolovaLieutenant of militia
Details
- Released
- 24 December 1966
- Original title
- Маленький беглец
- Country
- Japan, Soviet Union
- Written by
- Emil Braginskiy, Andrei Bitov, Hideo Oguni
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The Little Runaway runs 113 minutes (1h 53m).
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The Little Runaway isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 December 1966. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Little Runaway?
If you liked The Little Runaway, try Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown, Arlo the Alligator Boy, Curly Top.
Who directed The Little Runaway?
The Little Runaway (1966) was directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa and Eduard Bocharov and stars Chiharu Inayoshi, Makiko Ishimaru, Volodya Bykov.