# Cheburashka (2010)

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**Original title**: *チェブラーシカ*
**Runtime**: 80 min
**Genres**: Family, Animation
**Directed by**: Makoto Nakamura
**Written by**: Michiru Shimada, Makoto Nakamura, Mikhail Aldashin
**Starring**: Nozomi Ōhashi, Kie Kitano, Hiroshi Tsuchida, Cho, Shunji Fujimura, Garri Bardin

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently someone thought kids needed more Russian folklore. Crocodile Gena lives a solitary life working at a zoo. It somehow manages to be adorable despite the obvious cultural transplant.

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