Taro the Dragon Boy

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.

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Junya Kato

Taro (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Aya (voice)

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Tatsuya (voice)

Kirin Kiki

Yamanba (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura

Red Oni (voice)

Junko Kuroda

(voice)

Art

Isao Takahata

Concept Artist

Camera

Yoichi Takanashi

Camera Operator

Nobuhiro Yamada

Camera Operator

Directing

Kirio Urayama

Director

Editing

Production

Toshifumi Wakuda

Production Assistant

Chiaki Imada

Executive Producer

Sound

Michihiro Itou

Sound Effects

Riichirō Manabe

Original Music Composer

Isao Hatano

Sound Recordist

Writing

Takashi Mitsui

Screenplay

Miyoko Matsutani

Original Story

Isao Takahata

Original Concept

Art

Isao Takahata

Concept Artist

Camera

Yoichi Takanashi

Camera Operator

Nobuhiro Yamada

Camera Operator

Directing

Kirio Urayama

Director

Editing

Production

Toshifumi Wakuda

Production Assistant

Chiaki Imada

Executive Producer

Sound

Michihiro Itou

Sound Effects

Riichirō Manabe

Original Music Composer

Isao Hatano

Sound Recordist

Writing

Takashi Mitsui

Screenplay

Miyoko Matsutani

Original Story

Isao Takahata

Original Concept