Taro the Dragon Boy

March. 17,1979      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Mina Tominaga as  Aya (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga as  Tatsuya (voice)
Kirin Kiki as  Yamanba (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura as  Red Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura as  (voice)

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