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Taro the Dragon Boy

龍の子太郎

“Japanese myth-inspired animation: boy journeys to save mother transformed into dragon.”

1 episodes75 min

Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, MythologyWinter 1979Toei AnimationG - All Ages

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Synopsis

Japanese myth-inspired animation: boy journeys to save mother transformed into dragon.

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.