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Death Note

Death Note

The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?

20067.12h 6m

Overview

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

Directed by Shusuke Kaneko
Written by Tetsuya Oishi, Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
Produced by Takahiro Kobashi, Takahiro Sato
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $29.7M

Top Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Light Yagami

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

L

Asaka Seto

Asaka Seto

Naomi Misora

Shigeki Hosokawa

Shigeki Hosokawa

Raye Iwamatsu

Erika Toda

Erika Toda

Misa Amane

Shunji Fujimura

Shunji Fujimura

Watari

Takeshi Kaga

Takeshi Kaga

Soichiro Yagami

Yuu Kashii

Yuu Kashii

Shiori Akino

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Ryuk (voice)

Sota Aoyama

Sota Aoyama

Touta Matsuda

Themes & Keywords

suicidepoliceheart attackfbimoral ambiguitynotebookremakemurderserial killertokyo, japanbased on mangacriminaldeathfather son relationshipshinigamijapanesesupernatural powerpsychotronic filmbattle of wits死亡筆記

About Death Note

Death Note is a fantasy, mystery, thriller film released in 2006 exploring themes of suicide, police, heart attack, fbi, moral ambiguity, notebook. Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, it stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto. Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

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