Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

Name: Taro the Dragon Boy
Director: Kirio Urayama
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
Released: 1979-03-17
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Junya Kato, Mina Tominaga, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, Kazuo Kumakura

March 17, 19791h 15mJA

6.6

19 votes

Fantasy Animation Family Adventure

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Overview

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

Kirio Urayama, Miyoko Matsutani, Takashi Mitsui