Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
FantasyAnimationFamilyAdventure
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.
Director:
Kirio Urayama
Writer:
Takashi Mitsui
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Junya Kato as Taro (voice) |
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Mina Tominaga as Aya (voice) |
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Kirio Urayama as Tengu (voice) |
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Junko Kuroda as Narrator (voice) |
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Kazuo Kitamura as Black Oni (voice) |
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Kazuo Kumakura as Red Oni (voice) |
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Kirin Kiki as Yamanba (voice) |
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as Tatsuya (voice) |
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Toshiko Yabuki as Tarō's Grandmother (voice) |
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Tsuneo Sanada as Hakuja (voice) |
| Production | Toshifumi Wakuda | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Kirio Urayama | Director |
| Visual Effects | Iku Ishiguro | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noboru Takano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Abe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shingo Araki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshitsugu Saida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akihiro Ogawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Tsunoda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Zen Hirota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shigeo Matoba | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuji Kino | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Michihiro Kanayama | Key Animation |
| Production | Chiaki Imada | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Yutaka Senzô | Editor |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Isao Hatano | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Michihiro Itou | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Miyoko Matsutani | Original Story |
| Writing | Kirio Urayama | Writer |
| Writing | Miyoko Matsutani | Novel |
| Art | Isao Takahata | Concept Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yoichi Kotabe | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Reiko Okuyama | Animation Director |
| Writing | Takashi Mitsui | Screenplay |
| Writing | Isao Takahata | Original Concept |
| Camera | Yoichi Takanashi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Yoshihiro Yamada | Camera Operator |
