Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas

1998 1h 31m JA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 68

AnimationFamilyAdventureComedyFantasyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Nobita coaxes his friends to join him for a treasure hunt but an eerie event transports them to the past. However, their hunt for treasure is not easy as they come face-to-face with pirates.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Nobuyo Oyama
Doraemon (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Nobita (voice)
Michiko Nomura
Shizuka (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Suneo (voice)
Kazuya Tatekabe
Gian (voice)
Tohru Emori
Captain Kid (voice)
Paul Lucas
Pirate (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsutomu Shibayama
Writers: Fujiko F. Fujio, Nobuaki Kishima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Doraemon Movies" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nobuyuki Nakamura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Nobuyo Oyama and Noriko Ohara and Michiko Nomura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1147519 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 68 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Tsutomu Shibayama directs. Nobuyuki Nakamura scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Doraemon Movies" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Original score by Nobuyuki Nakamura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Nobuyo Oyama and Noriko Ohara and Michiko Nomura carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1147519 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 68 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Released under 10 different titles around the world.