Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

A chance for kids to see what prehistoric Japan was all about. Nobita, fed up with his life, hightails it to the distant past with Doraemon. They then must help a displaced boy while battling a dangerous, time-traveling shaman. It's quite the to-do list.

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Tsutomu Shibayama directed Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan in 1989. See Tsutomu Shibayama's full filmography, where to start with Tsutomu Shibayama, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tsutomu Shibayama.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan was released in 1989 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.