Taro, the Dragon Boy (1979)
Directed by Kirio Urayama / Kiriro Urayama
Genres - Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Children's/Family |
Sub-Genres - Anime, Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure, Sword-and-Sorcery |
Run Time - 75 min. |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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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boy, search, dragon, lake, mother, voyage, culture [social culture], family-member, mythological-legends, rescue