Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

Director: Kirio Urayama

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

Taro (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Aya (voice)

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Tatsuya (voice)

Kirin Kiki

Yamanba (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura

Red Oni (voice)

Kazuo Kitamura

(voice)

Toshiko Yabuki

(voice)

Junko Kuroda

(voice)