Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights

Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights[2] (ドラえもん のび太のドラビアンナイト, Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Naito), also known as Doraemon Nights,[3] is a 1991 Japanese animated science fantasy film which premiered on 9 March 1991 in Japan, based on the 11th volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series. It's the 12th Doraemon film.

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTsutomu Shibayama
Written byFujiko F. Fujio
Based onDoraemon's Long Tales: Noby's Dorabian Nights
by Fujiko F. Fujio
Produced bySouichi Besshi
Yoshiaki Koizumi
Toshihide Yamada
Starring
CinematographyAkio Saitô
Edited byKazuo Inoue
Yuko Watase
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Production
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Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 9 March 1991 (1991-03-09) (Japan)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$28.0 million[1]

Plot

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The movie begins with Nobita and Doraemon experiencing the tale of Sinbad of the Arabian Nights using a storybook gadget for the 3rd time, but Nobita becomes bored by just watching it from afar. He tries to invite Shizuka Minamoto to enter the storybooks of other tales and accidentally brings Takeshi "Gian" Goda and Suneo Honekawa along. Gian and Suneo mess up the storybooks to create a "fresh" tale, which causes Nobita and Shizuka to experience a mishmash of various tales that Shizuka dislikes. Attempting to leave, she is knocked out by Sinbad's magic carpet and falls into the desert. Nobita then has to exit once his mother tells him to clean up the mess of the storybooks on the floor.

The next day, Doraemon realizes that Shizuka hadn't returned and while searching for her, the original storybook gets destroyed and Nobita dreams that Shizuka was taken as a slave on a ship. The other main four characters then decide to stage a rescue mission by going to 8th century Baghdad, during the reign of caliph Harun al-Rashid, after Doraemon confirms that the world of the Arabian Nights does indeed coincide with the 8th century Abbasid Caliphate. Posing as foreign traders and servants, Nobita, Doraemon, Gian, and Suneo are rescued from Cassim and his bandits by the caliph himself, who gives a permit that allows them to travel from the port of Basra. Initially, the four are accompanied by Mikujin, a guide genie, but the latter goes upset when they insult him due to his incompetence and leaves but still tracks them just in case. After purchasing a ship, however, the group are double-crossed by the trader, who reveals himself to be Cassim, and are thrown overboard.

Waking up on the shore of the Arabian Desert, the four are forced to walk through it because Doraemon's pocket which was taken by Cassim while Cassim and two of his minions face the same situation and abandon Doraemon's pocket once they are unable to figure out how to use its gadgets. However, they are rescued by a gigantic genie commandeered by Sinbad, who reigns over a marvelous city in the desert presented by an anonymous time traveler from the future. With his magical gadgets, Sinbad helps the four rescue Shizuka from a bandit named Abdil who tried to present her to Sinbad as a gift. Vowing revenge, Abdil meets with Cassim and his two minions to search for the lost city. It is then revealed that Abdil was the only visitor to Sinbad's city who remembers its location, because when Sinbad urged him to drink a memory potion after the visit, he spewed it away.

After arriving through a secret passage, Abdil and Cassim swiftly enter the city givent o Sinbad, whom they attempt to lock out. Once they do get in, both groups race to get the gigantic genie which Abdil gets and uses it on Doraemon's group who then get locked up. Mikujin returns and helps the group with Doraemon's pocket, which he recovered from the desert, from where they escape but run past where the time hole is located and are locked out once again. While out of the city, Sinbad loses all hope but regains it after the main characters tell him to be like the person from his past. The group eventually manage to get back inside and defeat both Abdil and Cassim, retaking the city while their memories are erased properly this time. Despite Sinbad's offer for them to remain by not erasing their memories with the memory potion, Nobita and his friends bid him farewell before returning to the present day, though they all also return to play along with Mikujin in the end credits.

Cast

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Character Voice
Doraemon Nobuyo Ōyama
Nobita Nobi Noriko Ohara
Shizuka Minamoto Michiko Nomura
Suneo Honekawa Kaneta Kimotsuki
Gian (Takeshi Goda) Kazuya Tatekabe
Nobita's mother Sachiko Chijimatsu
Shizuka's mother Masako Matsubara
Suneo's mother Mari Yokoo
Sinbad Osamu Saka
Mikujin Minori Matsushima
Abdil Seizō Katō
Cassim Osamu Kato
Cassim's Henchmens Reizo Nomoto
Takashi Taguchi
Soldier Shozo Iizuka
Harun al-Rashid Jun Hazumi
Genie of the Lamp Teiyu Ichiryusai
Genie of the Bottle Daisuke Gouri
Q-tarō Fusako Amachi
Young Sindbad Hirohiko Kakegawa
Jack Hiroko Emori
Fairy Yoshino Takamori
Witch Kyoko Yamada
Merchants Masayuki Sato
Koichi Hashimoto
Ryoichi Tanaka

References

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  1. ^ "邦画興行収入ランキング". SF MOVIE DataBank. General Works. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ English translation as shown on an official website for the 25th anniversary of the movie franchise.
  3. ^ "LUK Internacional".
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