Movie·1979·1h 15m
Taro the Dragon Boy
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 龍の子太郎
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.
Written By
Takashi Mitsui
Producer
Chiaki Imada
Music
Riichirō Manabe
Editor
Yutaka Senzô
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Junya Kato
Taro (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Aya (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki
Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura
Red Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura
(voice)
Toshiko Yabuki
(voice)
Junko Kuroda
(voice)
// crew
Crew
Kirio Urayama
Director, Writer
Chiaki Imada
Executive Producer
Yutaka Senzô
Editor
Riichirō Manabe
Original Music Composer
Takashi Mitsui
Screenplay
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