Taro the Dragon Boy

Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)


  • Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
  • Release Date: 1979-03-17
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 15min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Video Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kirio Urayama
star 6.5/10
From 17 Ratings

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Summary

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 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)
Camera Yoichi Takanashi Camera Operator
Camera Nobuhiro Yamada Camera Operator
Production Toshifumi Wakuda Production Assistant
Directing Kirio Urayama Director
Visual Effects Iku Ishiguro Key Animation
Visual Effects Noboru Takano Key Animation
Visual Effects Takashi Abe Key Animation
Visual Effects Shingo Araki Key Animation
Visual Effects Toshitsugu Saida Key Animation
Visual Effects Akihiro Ogawa Key Animation
Visual Effects Koichi Tsunoda Key Animation
Visual Effects Zen Hirota Key Animation
Visual Effects Shigeo Matoba Key Animation
Visual Effects Tatsuji Kino Key Animation
Visual Effects Michihiro Kanayama Key Animation
Production Chiaki Imada Executive Producer
Editing Yutaka Senzô Editor
Sound Riichirō Manabe Original Music Composer
Sound Isao Hatano Sound Recordist
Sound Michihiro Itou Sound Effects
Writing Miyoko Matsutani Original Story
Writing Kirio Urayama Writer
Writing Miyoko Matsutani Novel
Art Isao Takahata Concept Artist
Visual Effects Yōichi Kotabe Animation Director
Visual Effects Reiko Okuyama Animation Director
Writing Takashi Mitsui Screenplay
Writing Isao Takahata Original Concept