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Taro the Dragon Boy 1979

★ 6.4/10 FantasyAnimationFamilyAdventure Released

Directed by Kirio Urayama

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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.

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Cast

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Junya Kato Taro (voice)
Mina Tominaga Aya (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura Red Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura (voice)
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Toshiko Yabuki (voice)
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Junko Kuroda (voice)