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Taro the Dragon Boy

龍の子太郎

Release: 1979-03-17 ·Runtime: 75m ·★ 6.5
Fantasy Animation Family Adventure

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.

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Toei Video Company

Cast

Mina Tominaga Mina Tominaga as Aya (voice) Sayuri Yoshinaga Sayuri Yoshinaga as Tatsuya (voice) Kirin Kiki Kirin Kiki as Yamanba (voice) Kazuo Kumakura Kazuo Kumakura as Red Oni (voice) Kazuo Kitamura Kazuo Kitamura as (voice)

Crew

Kirio Urayama Kirio Urayama Director Shingo Araki Shingo Araki Key Animation Chiaki Imada Chiaki Imada Executive Producer Riichirō Manabe Riichirō Manabe Original Music Composer Kirio Urayama Kirio Urayama Writer Isao Takahata Isao Takahata Concept Artist Reiko Okuyama Reiko Okuyama Animation Director Yōichi Kotabe Yōichi Kotabe Animation Director Isao Takahata Isao Takahata Original Concept