Sumo Kid

Sumo Kid (2021)

Маленький воин

Vitya Kasatkin has an unusual hobby - he is engaged in Japanese sumo wrestling. His love for sumo was instilled in him by his father, who left the family 8 years ago and went to Japan. For many years, the boy has been living with one dream - to get to a youth tournament in Japan, in the hope that his father will see him, understand that he was wrong, and return to them.

Date of release
2021-04-26
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Ilya Ermolov

Casting

Interesting facts

The Little Warrior is a 2021 Russian children's sports film directed by Ilya Ermolov about a boy who is fond of sumo. It was released in Russia on April 26, 2021, by Leopolis Distribution.

Production

Principal photography began in 2019 and was slated to premiere in the fall of 2020. But due to the pandemic, it was postponed indefinitely. Also, due to the closure of the borders with Japan, the film crew was unable to shoot the frames that were planned according to the script of the film. An interesting fact is that a small part of the filming took place in Moscow at the sports school "Borets", where the casting of actors was also held.

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