Taro the Dragon Boy poster

Taro the Dragon Boy

6.5 / 10 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.

Directed by Kirio Urayama

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from Taro the Dragon Boy

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CAST

The people behind the story

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Junya KatoTaro (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Mina TominagaAya (voice)

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri YoshinagaTatsuya (voice)

Kirin Kiki

Kirin KikiYamanba (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura

Kazuo KumakuraRed Oni (voice)

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura(voice)

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Toshiko Yabuki(voice)

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Junko Kuroda(voice)

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