Taro the Dragon Boy

1979 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 951 VOTES · DIR. Kirio Urayama

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline - 690 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 Special Literary Recognition Selection
00:03:17 Shut up, you!
00:06:25 What you're doing is NOT Sumo. It's just sparring.
00:09:18 That was nothing.
00:13:02 Yoisho!
00:16:05 This happened just before you were born.
00:19:01 But what about your son? What should I do?
00:21:22 Fine. Go!
00:24:25 I smell a beast and a human.
00:27:50 Red Oni, what's the matter?
00:30:12 Let's follow her.
00:33:06 Doten doteran dontokoton!
00:35:52 Take care!
00:37:58 I keep a farm.
00:41:22 He must be magical.
00:46:11 A snake!
00:48:48 My rice! It was my rice grown on my land!
00:51:42 The white snake in the pond told me about you.
00:54:56 What happened to your strength of a hundred?
00:58:11 Mother! Come out to me!
01:01:51 Yes.
01:04:22 Yes, but I see a nice low flatland over there.
01:08:01 Good. Thanks!
01:15:01 Finis

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed690
Dialogue density9.2 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:15:01

Production Record

DirectorKirio Urayama
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes951