Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

  • NR
  • 03/17/1979 (US)
  • Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
  • 1h 15m

Overview

Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.

Kirio Urayama

Director, Writer

Miyoko Matsutani

Novel

Takashi Mitsui

Screenplay

Cast

Junya Kato's headshot

Junya Kato

Taro (voice)
Mina Tominaga's headshot

Mina Tominaga

Aya (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga's headshot

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki's headshot

Kirin Kiki

Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura's headshot

Kazuo Kumakura

Red Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura's headshot

Kazuo Kitamura

(voice)
Toshiko Yabuki's headshot

Toshiko Yabuki

(voice)
Junko Kuroda's headshot

Junko Kuroda

(voice)

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