The film is a remake of the Doraemon: Nobita no Nihon Tanjō (Doraemon: Nobita at the Birth of Japan) film, which originally opened in Japan in March 1989.
The film will premiere in Japan on March 4 as the 37th film in the Doraemon franchise.
A new run of the 2008 Doraemon: Nobita to Animal Planet (Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet) stage play also premieres in March.
Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjō (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016), the 36th anime film in the Doraemon franchise, opened in Japan in March 2016.