Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights

Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights[2] (ドラえもん のび太のドラビアンナイト, Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Naito), also known as Doraemon Nights,[3] is a feature-length Doraemon film which premiered on 9 March 1991 in Japan, based on the 11th volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series. It's the 12th Doraemon film.

Doraemon the Movie 1991: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
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Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byTsutomu Shibayama
Produced bySouichi Besshi
Yoshiaki Koizumi
Toshihide Yamada
Written byFujiko F. Fujio
Based onDoraemon's Long Tales: Noby's Dorabian Nights
by Fujiko F. Fujio
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
CinematographyAkio Saitô
Edited byKazuo Inoue
Yuko Watase
Distributed byToho (Japan)
Luk Internacional (Spain)
Release date
  • 9 March 1991 (1991-03-09)
Running time
99 minutes
Box office¥3.06 billion (Japan)[1]


Nobita Nobi and Doraemon experience the tale of Sinbad of the Arabian Nights fame firsthand using a storybook gadget, but Nobita becomes bored by just watching it from afar. He tries to invite Shizuka Minamoto to enter the storybooks of other tales and accidentally brings Takeshi "Gian" Goda and Suneo Honekawa along. Gian and Suneo mess up the storybooks to create a "fresh" tale, which causes Nobita and Shizuka to experience a mishmash of various tales that Shizuka dislikes. Attempting to leave, she is knocked out by Sinbad's magic carpet and falls into the desert.

The next day, Doraemon realizes that Shizuka has gone missing and stages a rescue mission by going to 8th century Baghdad, during the reign of caliph Harun al-Rashid, after receiving a confirmation from the future that the world of the Arabian Nights does indeed coincide with the 8th century Abbasid Caliphate. Posing as foreign traders and servants, Nobita, Doraemon, Gian, and Suneo are rescued from Cassim and his bandits by the caliph himself, who gives a permit that allows them to travel from the port of Basra. Initially, the four are accompanied by Mikujin, a guide genie, but the latter goes upset when they insult him due to his incompetence and leaves. After purchasing a ship, however, the group are double-crossed by the trader, who reveals himself to be Cassim, and are thrown overboard.

Waking up on the shore of the Arabian Desert, the four are forced to walk through it because Doraemon's pocket is lost during the storm that also crashed Cassim's ship. However, they are rescued by a gigantic genie commandeered by Sinbad, who reigns over a marvelous city in the desert presented by an anonymous time traveler from the future. With his magical gadgets, Sinbad helps the four rescue Shizuka from a bandit named Abdil. Vowing revenge, Abdil meets with Cassim and his two minions to search for the lost city. It is then revealed that Abdil was the only visitor to Sinbad's city who remembers its location, because when Sinbad urged him to drink a memory potion after the visit, he spewed it away.

After arriving, Abdil and Cassim swiftly take the city from Sinbad, whom they expel. Mikujin returns and helps the group with Doraemon's pocket, which he recovered after the storm. The group eventually manage to defeat Abdil and Cassim and retake the city. Despite Sinbad's offer for them to remain by not erasing their memories with the memory potion, Nobita and his friends bid him farewell before returning to the present day.


Character Voice
Doraemon Nobuyo Ōyama
Nobita Nobi Noriko Ohara
Shizuka Minamoto Michiko Nomura
Suneo Honekawa Kaneta Kimotsuki
Gian (Takeshi Goda) Kazuya Tatekabe
Nobita's mother Sachiko Chijimatsu
Shizuka's mother Masako Matsubara
Suneo's mother Mari Yokoo
Sinbad Osamu Saka
Mikujin Minori Matsushima
Abdil Seizō Katō
Cassim Osamu Kato
Cassim’s Henchmens Reizo Nomoto
Takashi Taguchi
Soldier Shozo Iizuka
Harun al-Rashid Jun Hazumi
Genie of the Lamp Teiyu Ichiryusai
Genie of the Bottle Daisuke Gouri
Q-tarō Fusako Amachi
Young Sindbad Hirohiko Kakegawa
Jack Hiroko Emori
Fairy Yoshino Takamori
Witch Kyoko Yamada
Merchants Masayuki Sato
Koichi Hashimoto
Ryoichi Tanaka


The film was released in the theatres of Japan on 9 March 1991. The film was released theatrically in Spain by Luk Internacional S.A. on 25 June 2001.

It was released in India on Disney Channel on 1 December 2012 and Hungama TV on 9 December 2012 entitled Doraemon The Movie Nobita's Dorabian Nights.

Video GameEdit

a video game based on the film was released on the PC Engine on December 6, 1991 and PC Engine CD on May 29, 1992.


  1. ^ "邦画興行収入ランキング". SF MOVIE DataBank. General Works. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ English translation as shown on an official website for the 25th anniversary of the movie franchise.
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