Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil

Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil
Directed by Tsutomu Shibayama
Produced by Soichi Besso
Tetsuo Kanno
Written by Hiroshi Fujimoto
Motoo Abiko
Starring Nobuyo Ōyama
Noriko Ohara
Michiko Nomura
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Kazuya Tatekabe
Michie Kita
Kousei Tomita
Hozumi Gôda
Yuji Mitsuya
Teiji Oomiya
Sachiko Chijimatsu
Masako Matsubara
Yoshino Ohtori
Kazuyo Aoki
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Edited by Kazuo Inoue
Noriko Tsurumaki
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
  • 12 March 1983 (1983-03-12)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office ¥1.00 billion[1]
($8.1 million)

Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil[2] (ドラえもん のび太の海底鬼岩城 Doraemon Nobita no Kaiteiki Ganjō) is the fourth Doraemon film, released March 12, 1983. The film is based on the Western myth of Atlantis, the lost city.This is the highest grossing animated film of 1983. It is similar to The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

Plot

The plot revolves around a summer vacation of Nobita and his friends under the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Gian and Suneo take Doraemon's underwater vehicle and travel through the Atlantic Ocean, trying to find a treasure ship. Along the way, they discover that the environment gun that Doraemon used to protect them is running out of energy leaving them vulnerable to the sea. Fortunately, they are rescued by some marine creatures. Doraemon and his friends are later captured by these creatures, revealed to be inhabinats of the underwater kingdom of Mu. It is revealed that another undersea kingdom, Atlantis, now controlled by robots, was about to destroy the Earth with nuclear weapons after mistaking a volcano eruption for an invasion. With the help of a young boy from Mu, Nobita and his friends attempt to stop the robots, but are all captured. However, when things are at their grimmest, Doraemon's robotic underwater vehicle sacrifices itself to destroy the computer that controlled all the robots and nuclear weapons. After returning to Mu, Doraemon and his friends are hailed as heroes before returning home.

Cast of characters

Character Voice
Doraemon Nobuyo Ōyama
Nobita Nobi Noriko Ohara
Shizuka Minamoto Michiko Nomura
Takeshi "Gian" Goda Kazuya Tatekabe
Suneo Honekawa Kaneta Kimotsuki
Eru Michie Kita
Underwater Buggy Yūji Mitsuya
Mu Prime Minister Teiji Ōmiya
Poseidon Kōsei Tomita
Announcer Hozumi Gōda
Mu Patrolling Crew Fumio Matsuoka
Masaharu Satō
Kōji Totani
Kōzō Shioya
Kōichi Hashimoto
Nobita's Mom Sachiko Chijimatsu
Nobita's Papa Masayuki Sato
Shizuka's Mom Masako Matsubara
Suneo's Mom Yoshino Ohtori
Gian's Mom Kazuyo Aoki

References

  1. Jaeger, Eren. "Past Doraemon Films". Forums.BoxOffice.com. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  2. English translation as shown on the official website for the 25th anniversary of the movie franchise.

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