Japanese director resurrects Soviet puppet animation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Makoto Nakamura poses with a doll of the main character of his movie ''Cheburashka'' during an interview in Tokyo in December 2010. Nakamura has led a new production of the Russian puppet animation, which gained popularity during the Soviet era.

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