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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.
- Year: 1979
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
- Studio: Toei Video Company
- Keyword: witch, based on novel or book, mythology, dragon, demon, oni, plant rice
- Director: Kirio Urayama
- Cast: Junya Kato, Mina Tominaga, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, Kazuo Kumakura, Kazuo Kitamura