Taro the Dragon Boy
1979•1h 15m•6.5•Released
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.
Director
Kirio Urayama
Writer
Kirio Urayama, Takashi Mitsui
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Toei Video Company
Cast
Junya Kato
Taro (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Aya (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki
Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura
Red Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura
(voice)
Toshiko Yabuki
(voice)
Junko Kuroda
(voice)
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