Fantasy ·Animation ·Family ·Adventure · Japan · 1979 · 1h 15m

Taro the Dragon Boy

龍の子太郎

Director

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)

Crew

Yutaka Senzô — Editor Riichirō Manabe — Original Music Composer Takashi Mitsui — Screenplay Kirio Urayama — Writer Miyoko Matsutani — Novel

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

witch based on novel or book mythology dragon demon oni plant rice الولد التنين

Key Collaborators

Kirio Urayama Director Yutaka Senzô Editor Riichirō Manabe Original Music Composer Takashi Mitsui Screenplay Kirio Urayama Writer Miyoko Matsutani Novel

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