Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

6.4/10 75 min Fantasy Animation Family Adventure

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.

Cast

Mina Tominaga

Aya (voice)

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Tatsuya (voice)

Kirin Kiki

Yamanba (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura

Red Oni (voice)

Kazuo Kitamura

(voice)

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