Taro the Dragon Boy

Directed by Kirio Urayama
1979    75mAdventure, Fantasy
7.56.4
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.

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  • Junya KatoTaro (voice)
  • Mina TominagaAya (voice)
  • Sayuri YoshinagaTatsuya (voice)
  • Kirin KikiYamanba (voice)
  • Kazuo KumakuraRed Oni (voice)
  • Kazuo Kitamura(voice)
  • Toshiko Yabuki(voice)
  • Junko Kuroda(voice)
  • Kirio UrayamaDirector / Writer
  • Takashi MitsuiScreenplay
  • Chiaki ImadaExecutive Producer
  • Yutaka SenzôEditor
  • Riichirō ManabeOriginal Music Composer
  • Isao HatanoSound Recordist
  • Michihiro ItouSound Effects
  • Toshifumi WakudaProduction Assistant
  • Iku IshiguroKey Animation
  • Shingo ArakiKey Animation
  • Noboru TakanoKey Animation
  • Toshitsugu SaidaKey Animation

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