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My Father's Dragon

My Father's Dragon

19976.01h 38m

Overview

Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon.

Directed by Masami Hata
Written by Ruth Stiles Gannett, Ruth Chrisman Gannett, Kenji Terada
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Top Cast

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YU-KI

Elmer Elevator (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Boris (voice)

Joji Yanami

Joji Yanami

Cat (Voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Male Gorilla (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Nearsighted Rat (voice)

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Lion (voice)

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Sumiko Sakamoto

Lioness (voice)

Maiko Kikuchi

Maiko Kikuchi

Elmer's Mother (voice)

Masahiro Takashima

Masahiro Takashima

Elmer's Father (voice)

Naoki Tatsuta

Naoki Tatsuta

Seagull (voice)

Themes & Keywords

islandbased on novel or bookdragonbased on children's bookchild protagonist

About My Father's Dragon

My Father's Dragon is a animation, fantasy film released in 1997 exploring themes of island, based on novel or book, dragon, based on children's book, child protagonist. Directed by Masami Hata, it stars YU-KI, Megumi Hayashibara, Joji Yanami. Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon.

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