Taro the Dragon Boy

6.5

1979

1h 15m

FantasyAnimationFamilyAdventure

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.

Key Crew

Director

Kirio Urayama

Writers

Kirio Urayama

Takashi Mitsui

Music

Riichirō Manabe

Cast (8)

Junya Kato

Taro (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Aya (voice)

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