Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King

2000 1h 33m JA

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 65

AnimationAdventureFantasyScience FictionFamily

Synopsis

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Doraemon and its friends open a hole in the time and they're travel to the Country of Mayana, a lost Mayan civilization in the jungle.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Nobuyo Oyama
Doraemon (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Nobita (voice)
Megumi Ogata
Tio (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Kuku (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama
Popol (voice)
Michiko Nomura
Shizuka (voice)
Kazuya Tatekabe
Gian (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Suneo (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsutomu Shibayama
Writers: Nobuaki Kishima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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26 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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Directed by Tsutomu Shibayama, shot by Toshiyuki Umeda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hajime Okayasu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Nobuyo Oyama and Noriko Ohara and Megumi Ogata carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1147513 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 65 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Tsutomu Shibayama directs. Toshiyuki Umeda behind the camera. Katsumi Horii scores. Hajime Okayasu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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126 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Doraemon Movies" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Tsutomu Shibayama, shot by Toshiyuki Umeda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Katsumi Horii. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Hajime Okayasu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Nobuyo Oyama and Noriko Ohara and Megumi Ogata carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1147513 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 65 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.