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.
Released: Mar 17, 1979
Runtime: 75 minutes
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
Stars: Junya Kato, Mina Tominaga, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, Kazuo Kumakura, Kazuo Kitamura
Crew: Toshifumi Wakuda (Production Assistant), Yoichi Takanashi (Camera Operator), Nobuhiro Yamada (Camera Operator), Kirio Urayama (Director), Toshitsugu Saida (Key Animation), Shigeo Matoba (Key Animation)