Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
Japanese Release Poster
Directed by	Tsutomu Shibayama
Written by	Fujiko Fujio
Produced by	Fujiko Fujio
Starring	Nobuyo Ōyama Noriko Ohara Michiko Nomura Kaneta Kimotsuki Kazuya Tatekabe
Production company	Shin-Ei Animation
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	11 March 1989 (1989-03-11)
Running time	100 minutes (1h 40m)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$31.4 million[1]

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan^[2] (ドラえもん のび太の日本誕生, Doraemon: Nobita no Nippon Tanjō) is a feature-length Doraemon film which premiered in Japan on 11 March 1989, based on the ninth volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series. This was the tenth Doraemon film, and the first of the Heisei era. In 2016, the movie was remade, with the title of Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016.