Taro the Dragon Boy

1979Directed by Kirio Urayama

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Released: March 17, 1979
Runtime: 1h 15m

About Taro the Dragon Boy

Fantasy
Animation
Family
Adventure

Synopsis

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.

Director: Kirio Urayama
Writers: Miyoko Matsutani
Kirio Urayama
Takashi Mitsui
Isao Takahata
Original title: 龍の子太郎

Principal cast

In billing order

Junya KatoTaro (voice)
Mina TominagaAya (voice)
Sayuri YoshinagaTatsuya (voice)
Kirin KikiYamanba (voice)
Kazuo KumakuraRed Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura(voice)

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