Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

Fantasy
Animation
Family
Adventure

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

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

Crew

Director
Kirio Urayama
Executive Producer
Chiaki Imada
Original Music Composer
Riichirō Manabe
Editor
Y Yutaka Senzô
Sound Recordist
I Isao Hatano
Sound Effects
M Michihiro Itou
Writer
Kirio Urayama
Original Story
M Miyoko Matsutani
Novel
M Miyoko Matsutani
Screenplay
T Takashi Mitsui
Concept Artist
Isao Takahata
Animation Director
Reiko Okuyama
Animation Director
Yōichi Kotabe
Original Concept
Isao Takahata
Camera Operator
Y Yoichi Takanashi
Camera Operator
N Nobuhiro Yamada
Production Assistant
T Toshifumi Wakuda
Key Animation
I Iku Ishiguro
Key Animation
Shingo Araki
Key Animation
N Noboru Takano
Key Animation
T Toshitsugu Saida
Key Animation
S Shigeo Matoba
Key Animation
A Akihiro Ogawa
Key Animation
T Tatsuji Kino
Key Animation
M Michihiro Kanayama
Key Animation
K Koichi Tsunoda
Key Animation
T Takashi Abe
Key Animation
Z Zen Hirota