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Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989)

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan poster
Original title
映画ドラえもん のび太の日本誕生
Directed by
Tsutomu Shibayama
Genre
fantasy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
G
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Nobita runs away from home and ends up in prehistoric Japan with his friends and the robot cat Doraemon. They use futuristic gadgets to help early humans and build a new civilization together.

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What happens

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (ドラえもん のび太の日本誕生, Doraemon: Nobita no Nippon Tanjō) is a feature-length Doraemon film which premiered in Japan on 11 March 1989, based on the ninth volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series. This was the tenth Doraemon film, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the film series. In 2016, a remake of the movie was released, titled Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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