Maegami Tarou

Maegami Tarou

Animation, TV Movie | April 29, 1979

This is a folk-tale-like adventure story of an active boy on a quest for the Water of Life. The boy sets out on this quest after learning that the Water of Life is needed to make his village happy. On the way, he meets gods, demons... Soon, he discovers that the evil snake has stolen the Water, and he heads for the snake's palace. Defeating the snake is not easy since it has the Water of Life to revive itself. This boy - Maegami Tarou - continues his courageous quest in cooperation with various creatures and the gods.

Maegami Tarou

Animation, TV Movie | April 29, 1979

Maegami Tarou
This is a folk-tale-like adventure story of an active boy on a quest for the Water of Life. The boy sets out on this quest after learning that the Water of Life is needed to make his village happy. On the way, he meets gods, demons... Soon, he discovers that the evil snake has stolen the Water, and he heads for the snake's palace. Defeating the snake is not easy since it has the Water of Life to revive itself. This boy - Maegami Tarou - continues his courageous quest in cooperation with various creatures and the gods.
Producers Nippon Animation
Original title まえがみ太郎
Directors Hiroshi Saitoh
Writers Miyoko Matsutani, Akira Miyazaki

Cast

Keiko Yokozawa

as お姫さま

Fujio Tokita

as くじら

Minoru Yada

as じいさま

Miyoko Aso

as ばあさま

Masako Ikeda

as ツバメトビ

Tatsuya Matsuda

as 太郎

Shûichirô Moriyama

as 火の鳥

Kazuyo Aoki

as 牛鬼

Noriko Tsukase

as 牛鬼の子