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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.

Release: 1979-03-17
Runtime: 75 min
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Cast
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Junya Kato
Taro (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Mina Tominaga
Aya (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki
Kirin Kiki
Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura
Kazuo Kumakura
Red Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura
Kazuo Kitamura
(voice)
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Toshiko Yabuki
(voice)
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Junko Kuroda
(voice)