Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
1h 15m
Running Time
March 17, 1979Release Date
Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
1h 15m
Running Time
March 17, 1979Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Junya Kato
Tarô
Mina Tominaga
Aya
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki
Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura
Red Oni
Kazuo Kitamura
Niwatori-chouja
Kirio Urayama
Director
Toshiko Yabuki
(voice)
Peter Fernandez
Director
Miyoko Matsutani
Writer
Junko Kuroda
(voice)
Isao Takahata
Writer
Takashi Mitsui
Writer
Simon Nuchtern
Producer
Simon Nuchtern
Producer
Shingo Araki
Key Animation
Chiaki Imada
Executive Producer
Yutaka Senzô
Editor
Toshitsugu Saida
Key Animation
Reiko Okuyama
Animation Director
Yōichi Kotabe
Animation Director
Koichi Tsunoda
Key Animation
Michihiro Itou
Sound Effects
Riichirō Manabe
Original Music Composer
Isao Hatano
Sound Recordist
Iku Ishiguro
Key Animation
Noboru Takano
Key Animation
Shigeo Matoba
Key Animation
Yoichi Takanashi
Camera Operator
Nobuhiro Yamada
Camera Operator
Toshifumi Wakuda
Production Assistant
Tatsuji Kino
Key Animation
Takashi Abe
Key Animation
Akihiro Ogawa
Key Animation
Michihiro Kanayama
Key Animation
Zen Hirota
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 17, 1979
Original Name龍の子太郎
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 15m
Genres
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Wiki.
Taro the Dragon Boy (龍の子太郎, Tatsu no ko Tarō) is a 1979 film adaptation of a famous Japanese folk tale, and the novel Taro, the Dragon Boy by Miyoko Matsutani. In 1966, Taro, the Son of Dragon with the original Japanese title of "Tatsu, no ko Taro", started as a puppet series on a Japanese television channel. In the late 1970s the anime television series Taro the Dragon Boy (original story by Miyoko Matsutani) was shown on Doordarshan.
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