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Taro the Dragon Boy (movie)

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Alternative title:
Taro der Drachenjunge (German)
Taro der kleine Drachenjunge (German)
Taro el Niño Dragon (Spanish)
Taro the Dragon's Son
Taro, el niño dragón (Spanish)
Tatsu no Ko Tarō (Japanese)
Таро, сын дракона (Russian)
الولد التنين (Arabic)
龍の子太郎 (Japanese)
Genres: fantasy
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: Lazy and selfish Taro loves to eat and sleep and wrestle with the animals. With no direction in his life, a wizard appears that gives him a special potion. With this potion, he gains the strength of a hundred men - but he can only use it when he is helping others.
User Ratings: 67 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:5, others:2
1 Greek dubbed
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Very good: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:3, others:2
1 +
1 Spanish dubbed
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 Good: 16 votes (sub:10, dub:3, others:3
1 Russian dubbed
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:3, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 131 users, rank: #4894 (of 10152)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.687 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.5665, rank: #5334 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 6.737 (Good−), rank: #5047 (of 10321) (seen all: 6.79 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.857 (Good), rank: #4198 (of 7760)
Running time: 75 minutes
Vintage:
1979-03-17
1983 (Arabic)
Premiere date:
1979-03-17 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 2
Links: We have 2
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DVD (Region 1)
    Taro the Dragon Boy (DVD) 2006-01-31 (from $23.96)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kirio Urayama
Screenplay:
Kirio Urayama
Takashi Mitsui
Music: Riichiro Manabe
Original Concept: Isao Takahata
Original story: Miyoko Matsutani
Character Design:
Reiko Okuyama
Yōichi Kotabe
Art Director: Isamu Tsuchida
Animation Director: Osamu Kasai
Art design:
Reiko Okuyama
Yōichi Kotabe
Executive producer: Chiaki Imada
Producer: Chiaki Imada

Animation:
Fumiko Miyoshi
Hiromi Sato
Hisashi Yamazaki
Junko Ikeda
Kazumi Shimada
Kazuya Uenashi
Keiko Kanayama
Keiko Matsumura
Mario Ishiyama
Masumi Ishiguro
Midori Iwai
Miyo Yamada
Momoko Ueno
Osamu Kasai
Ryōko Katō
Satoshi Maruyama
Shinji Ohstuka
Shinosuke Kusakado
Sumiko Naganuma
Taeko Ohstuka
Takao Sakano
Takemori Mihara
Teruo Hattori
Tomoe Morimoto
Toshiaki Kobayashi
Yōichi Kotabe
Yomi Murakami
Yoshie Komatsu
Yoshinobu Usuda
Yoshitaka Yashima
Yuji Endō
Yuko Nakajima
Art Sequence: Fumio Akutsu
Assistant Director: Yuji Endō
Background Art:
Kazuo Ebisawa
Kenji Matsumoto
Motoyuki Tanaka
Calligraphy: Tadao Hoshino
Cinematography:
Yōichi Takanashi
Yoshihiro Yamada
Color:
Junko Furuya
Keiko Abe
Masako Yamauchi
Mitsuko Gotō
Design:
Reiko Okuyama
Yōichi Kotabe
Editing: Yutaka Chikura
In-Between Animation: Ichirō Itano
Key Animation:
Akihiro Ogawa
Akira Hirota
Hirokazu Tsunoda
Iku Ishiguro
Kin Hirota
Kōichi Tsunoda
Michihiro Kanayama
Noboru Takano
Shigeo Matoba
Shingo Araki
Takashi Abe
Tatsuji Kino
Toshitsugu Saida
Planning:
Ken Ariga
Takeshi Ariga
Yasuo Yamaguchi
Post Production Sequence: Yoshihiro Fujimoto
Post-Production Supervision:
Kazuo Kinugasa
Masatoyo Ogura
Production manager:
Matsuji Kishimoto
Osamu Yoshioka
Production Reporter: Etsuko Date
Production Sequence: Toshifumi Wakuda
Recording: Isao Hatano
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Special Effects:
Chiaki Hirao
Yoshiaki Okada
Theme Song Composition: Riichiro Manabe
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ichiro Wakabayashi
Kirio Urayama
Theme Song Performance:
Ichirō Mizuki
Junya Katō
Nissho
Trace:
Kazuko Kurosawa
Kimiyo Okunishi
Reiko Igarashi
Sonoe Sakano
Zerograph:
Kinzaburō Muramatsu
Tomoko Totsuka
Junya Katō as Taro
Sayuri Yoshinaga as Tatsuya

Dōan Suimeitei as Tengu
Kazuo Kitamura as Black Oni
Kazuo Kumakura as Red Oni
Kirin Kiki as Yamanba
Miina Tominaga as Aya

Isamu Matsuzawa as Long-nosed Goblin
Junko Kuroda as Narrator
Kazuo Kitamura as Niwatori-chōja
Ryuko Koyama as Long-nosed Goblin
Toshiko Yabuki as Taro's Grandmother
Tsuneo Sanada as Hakuja
Yoko Kawano as Long-nosed Goblin
Yusuke Mori as Long-nosed Goblin
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Sidney Pike
Producer:
John Watkins
Simon Nuchtern
Billie Lou Watt as Taro
English companies
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2005)
Released by: Columbia Home Pictures
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Screen Inserts: Luis Carrillo (Spain dub)
Elena de Maeztu as Taro (Spain dub)
Mari Luz Olier as Dragon (Spain dub)
Maria Moscardó as Taro (Catalan dub)
Rocio Garcel as Taro

Alma Nuri as Mamá de Taro
Ana María Solsona as Tatsuya (Catalan dub)
Fina Rius as Yamanba (Catalan dub)
Joan Crosas as Dimoni negre (Catalan dub)
Luis Carrillo as Black Demon (Spain dub)
Luisa Ezquerra as Aya (Spain dub)
Manuel Lázaro as Tengu (Catalan dub)
Maria Josep Guasch as Aya (Catalan dub)
Marta Martorell as Àvia (Catalan dub)
Miriam de Maeztu as Witch of the Mountain (Spain dub)
Nacho Martínez as Red Demon (Spain dub)
Pep Sais as Dimoni vermell (Catalan dub)
Roberto Cuenca Martínez as Tengu (Spain dub)

Alvaro Tarcicio as Demonio Rojo
Ana Pallejà as Nen (Catalan dub)
Carlos Magaña as
Demonio Negro
Serpiente
Carme Abril as Princesa (Catalan dub)
Carme Buxaderas as Serp (Catalan dub)
Celia Honrubia as Narrator (Spain dub)
Diana De Guzmán as Serp (Catalan dub)
Félix Benito as Pare de la princesa (Catalan dub)
Gloria Rocha as
Abuela de Taro
Vieja Gallina Rica
Jaume Lleal as Ós (Catalan dub)
Joaquin Escola as Old Man (Spain dub)
Josefina de Luna as Wealthy Old Woman (Spain dub)
Rosa Nualart as Nen (Catalan dub)
Rosa Maria Piza as Narradora (Catalan dub)
Susana Canales as Taro's Grandmother (Spain dub)

Amadeu Aguado (Catalan dub)
Enric Casamitjana (Catalan dub)
Federico Guillén (Spain dub)
Joaquim Sota (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: Sincronia (Spain dub)
Theatrical Release: ICAIC (Cuba)
German staff
German cast
(none)
German companies
Distributor: Silwa Video
Dubbing: DEFA
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation:
Latifa Al-Dosari
Mahmood Qaddura

Assistant Director:
Fadel Ahmad
Khadija Mankhi
Dialogue Director: D.Awni Krumi
Engineering Supervision: Muhammad Hasan
Fonts: Aziz Abd Al-Khaleq
Language Supervision:
Dr. Abd Al-Amir Al-Ward
Farouk Muhammad
Montage:
Ahmad Bakr
Waleed Ali
Production manager: Khalid Eid
Song Director: Aziz Al-Bayaa
Sound Engineer:
Eman Qassim
Faisal Al-Abbasi
Falah Farag
Haddia Hatem
Hagop Artin
Munir Shabbr
Sabah Farag
Supervision: D.Faiq Al-Hakim
Telecinema:
Fahmi Mousa
Jamil Muhammad Ahmad
Text Revision: Soad Al-Moneim
Theme Song Composed & Arranged: Hussein Qadduri
Theme Song Lyrics: Dr. Abd Al-Amir Al-Ward
Theme Song Performance:
Ahmad Neama Kamel
Elham Ahmad
Soad Hadi
Soadod George
Transportation Supervision: Alaa Al-Mousawi
Video Montage: Farouk Al-Qaisi
Arabic companies

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