Creative Union "Ekran"
Akairo
After a Japanese tale
Poor boy!
For the past year, he has been gravely ill
and no one, no one could help him...
The boy's father,
a very rich and distinguished man,
had sent for famous doctors, sorcerers and healers,
but no one, no one
could cure his only son.
Were there any other means?
Maybe the weapon of their ancestors would help?
Who could help the child?
My name is Hanasaka.
Welcome Hanasaka-sensei.
You chose red.
Excellent.
It is the color of health and strength.
You will soon be all right.
Now watch.
A dog!
Hanasaka-sensei, what are you making?
This is what we were making.
I will call you Akairo.
Here are some other toys.
They are all yours, little one.
Thank you!
And tomorrow?
Will you come tomorrow too, Hanasaka-sensei?
Certainly.
Akairo. Akairo.
Little friend!
Where is... the remedy?
And the father gave the order to catch Hanasaka
and have him executed without regret.
- Do you want to find Hanasaka-sensei? - Yes!
- Then get up, and let's go.
- I cannot go, I'm sick...
You can go now, you're well!
And they both left that house forever.
The boy and his paper dog Akairo.
Hanasaka-sensei!
Hanasaka-sensei?
Akairo! Akairo! Little friend...
Forgive me, Akairo, if I do something wrong...
written by Irina Baranova directed by Aida Zyablikova art director Gennadiy Smolyanov
cameraman Leonard Kolvinkovsky music Mihail Meyerovich consultant S. Harin
animators Valeriy Shulenin, Vladimir Kaduhin art assistant N. Aralova montage Tatyana Morgunova
Puppets: V. Shafranyuk G. Bogachev, A. Kuznetsov Ye. Pokrovskaya, G. Kruglova
script editor Valeria Konovalova
The End Subs by Chapaev & Eus, ed. Niffiwan