Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tsutomu Shibayama
Written by	Fujiko F. Fujio
Based on	Doraemon's Long Tales: Noby's Dorabian Nights by Fujiko F. Fujio
Produced by	Souichi Besshi Yoshiaki Koizumi Toshihide Yamada
Starring	Nobuyo Ōyama Noriko Ohara Michiko Nomura Kaneta Kimotsuki Kazuya Tatekabe
Cinematography	Akio Saitô
Edited by	Kazuo Inoue Yuko Watase
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Production companies	Asatsu Shin-Ei Animation
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	9 March 1991 (1991-03-09) (Japan)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$28.0 million

Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (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, 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.

Plot

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 it's 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

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

Release

The film was released in the theatres of Japan on 9 March 1991. The film was released theatrically in Spain by Luk Internacional S.A. on 25 June 2001.

Video game

A video game based on the film was released on the PC Engine on 6 December 1991 and PC Engine CD on 29 May 1992.

External links

• Doraemon The Movie 25th page (in Japanese)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights at IMDb