Taro the Dragon Boy

Taro the Dragon Boy

75 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy | March 17, 1979

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.

Taro the Dragon Boy

75 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy | March 17, 1979

Taro the Dragon Boy
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Toei Video Company, Ltd.
Original title 龍の子太郎
Directors Kirio Urayama
Writers Takashi Mitsui, Miyoko Matsutani, Kirio Urayama, Isao Takahata

Cast

Junya Kato

as Taro (voice)

Mina Tominaga

as Aya (voice)

Sayuri Yoshinaga

as Tatsuya (voice)

Kirin Kiki

as Yamanba (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura

as Red Oni (voice)

Kazuo Kitamura

as (voice)

Toshiko Yabuki

as (voice)

Junko Kuroda

as (voice)