Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

Name: Taro the Dragon Boy
Director: Kirio Urayama
Released: 1979-03-17
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Junya Kato, Mina Tominaga, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, Kazuo Kumakura

FantasyAnimationFamilyAdventure

75 min

Plot Summary

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.