Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
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.
GENRES:
Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy
DIRECTION:
Kirio Urayama
Cast & Characters
| Kazuo Kitamura | Niwatori-chouja (voice) |
| Junya Kato | Taro (voice) |
| Kirin Kiki | Yamanba (voice) |
| Kazuo Kumakura | Red Oni (voice) |
| Junko Kuroda | (voice) |
| Mina Tominaga | Aya (voice) |
| Toshiko Yabuki | (voice) |
| Sayuri Yoshinaga | Tatsuya (voice) |