Taro the Dragon Boy

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 17, 1979

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Video Company

Cast

Kazuo Kumakura,Kazuo Kitamura,Mina Tominaga,Junya Kato,Junko Kuroda,Kirin Kiki,Toshiko Yabuki,Sayuri Yoshinaga

Director

Kirio Urayama

Writer

Takashi Mitsui,Kirio Urayama,Miyoko Matsutani,Isao Takahata

Producer

Chiaki Imada

Music

Riichirō Manabe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0061069