Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

"Love and courage that transcend time and space."

2006 1h 47m JA

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 101

AnimationAdventureFamilyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.

“Love and courage that transcend time and space.”

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Cast

Wasabi Mizuta
Doraemon (voice)
Megumi Oohara
Nobita (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Suneo (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Piisuke (voice)
Subaru Kimura
Gian (voice)
Yumi Kakazu
Shizuka (voice)
Eiichiro Funakoshi
Black Mask (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Dorumanstein (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Writers: Kōzō Kusuba, Ayumu Watanabe
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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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 Ayumu Watanabe, shot by Masahiro Kumagai. 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 Kan Sawada. 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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Wasabi Mizuta and Megumi Oohara and Tomokazu Seki carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love and courage that transcend time and space.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0802983 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ayumu Watanabe directs. Masahiro Kumagai behind the camera. Kan Sawada scores. Hajime Okayasu cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 20 years ago.
2Part of the "Doraemon Movies" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Ayumu Watanabe, shot by Masahiro Kumagai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kan Sawada. 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.
6Wasabi Mizuta and Megumi Oohara and Tomokazu Seki carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Love and courage that transcend time and space.".
8IMDB entry: tt0802983 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "friendship", "time travel", "remake", "dinosaur".
10Released under 14 different titles around the world.