Taro the Dragon Boy
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.
Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
Kirio Urayama
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
6.6/10
19 votes
Rating consensus
66/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~66/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Junya Kato
Taro (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Aya (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki
Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura
Red Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura
(voice)
Toshiko Yabuki
(voice)
Junko Kuroda
(voice)
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Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
Kirio Urayama
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