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Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

1h 15m · 17 Mar 1979
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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.

Movie ID7887
GenreAdventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
DirectorKirio Urayama
Main castJunya Kato, Mina Tominaga, Kirio Urayama, Junko Kuroda, Kazuo Kitamura, Kazuo Kumakura, Kirin Kiki, Sayuri Yoshinaga
Release date17 March 1979
Release year1979
LanguageJapanese
Duration75 min (1h 15m)
Rating6.5 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseToei Video Company

Director: Kirio Urayama
Writers: Kirio Urayama, Takashi Mitsui

Top cast

Junya KatoTaro (voice)
Mina TominagaAya (voice) Kirio UrayamaTengu (voice)
Junko KurodaNarrator (voice)
Kazuo KitamuraBlack Oni (voice) Kazuo KumakuraRed Oni (voice) Kirin KikiYamanba (voice) Sayuri YoshinagaTatsuya (voice)
Toshiko YabukiTarō's Grandmother (voice)
Tsuneo SanadaHakuja (voice)

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