Underplayed Gems

Tatsu no ko Taro (1979)

Tatsu no ko Taro poster
Original title
龍の子太郎
Directed by
Kirio Urayama, Peter Fernandez
Genre
anime film, Adventure, Fantasy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy named Taro goes on a journey to find his mother who has turned into a dragon. Along the way he encounters animals and mythical creatures while using his super strength and kind heart to help others.

whimsicaladventurousfolkloricheartfelthopefulfamily-friendlyepisodicmythic

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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