The Little Warrior (Russian: Маленький воин, romanized: Malenky voin) is a 2021 Russian children's sports film directed by Ilya Ermolov about a boy who is fond of sumo.
[3] The film tells about the boy Vitya Kasatkin, who finds it difficult to communicate with classmates, but he is kind and caring to his mother.
Vitya is fond of sumo, the love for which he instilled a father who now lives in Japan.
Vitya has a dream - he wants to get to the youth sumo tournament, which is taking place in Japan, in order to bring his dad back to his family.
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.