---
title: 'Tatsu no ko Taro (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Fernandez'
released: '1979-03-17'
runtime_minutes: 75
genres:
  - 'Animation'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tatsu-no-ko-taro-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061069/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tatsu no ko Taro (1979)

1979 · 75 min · Animation · Japan

Original title: 龍の子太郎

## Synopsis

Taro the Dragon Boy  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 was shown on Doordarshan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Fernandez](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-fernandez), [Kirio Urayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirio-urayama)
- **Screenplay:** [Isao Takahata](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-takahata)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riichirō Manabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/riichiro-manabe)
- **Producer:** [Toei Animation](https://cinepixo.com/people/toei-animation)

## Cast

- [Sayuri Yoshinaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/sayuri-yoshinaga)
- [Kirin Kiki](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirin-kiki)
- [Kazuo Kumakura](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-kumakura)

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