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Taro the Dragon Boy
FantasyAnimationFamilyAdventure

TARO THE DRAGON BOY

19791h 15m6.4 TMDb

Directed by Kirio Urayama

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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.

Cast

Junya Kato

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)

Toshiko Yabuki

Toshiko Yabuki

(voice)

Junko Kuroda

Junko Kuroda

(voice)

Movie Vibe

Suspense5
Emotion6.5
Complexity7.5
Humor6.4
Realism6.5
Action6.1
Darkness5

Who would enjoy this

Recommended for

  • fans of imaginative animated filmmaking

May not appeal to

  • those seeking nonstop action

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