| Taro the Dragon Boy | |
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| Directed by | Kiriro Urayama |
| Written by | Isao Takahata (concept) |
| Screenplay by | Kiriro Urayama Takashi Mitsui |
| Based on | Taro, the Dragon Boy by Miyoko Matsutani |
| Produced by | Toei Doga |
| Starring | Kazuo Kitamura Sayuri Yoshinaga Junya Kato Kirin Kiki Kazuo Kumakura |
| Cinematography | Motoi Takahashi |
| Edited by | Yasuhiro Yoshikawa |
| Music by | Riichiro Manabe |
| Distributed by | Toei Animation |
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Running time | 75 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Taro the Dragon Boy (龍の子太郎, Tatsu no ko Tarō) is a 1979 film adaptation of a famous Japanese folk tale, and the novel Taro, the Dragon Boy by Miyoko Matsutani.[2] In 1966, Taro, the Son of Dragon with the original Japanese title of "Tatsu, no ko Taro", started as a puppet series on a Japanese television channel. In the late 1970s the anime television series Taro the Dragon Boy (original story by Miyoko Matsutani) was shown on Doordarshan.