Death Note

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

2006 2h 6m JA

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 834

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Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Light Yagami
Kenichi Matsuyama
L
Asaka Seto
Naomi Misora
Shigeki Hosokawa
Raye Iwamatsu
Erika Toda
Misa Amane
Shunji Fujimura
Watari
Takeshi Kaga
Soichiro Yagami
Yuu Kashii
Shiori Akino

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Writers: Tetsuya Oishi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Death Note Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, shot by Hiroshi Takase. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yōsuke Yafune shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama and Asaka Seto carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0758742 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shusuke Kaneko directs. Hiroshi Takase behind the camera. Kenji Kawai scores. Yōsuke Yafune cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 20 years ago.
2Part of the "Death Note Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, shot by Hiroshi Takase. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yōsuke Yafune shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama and Asaka Seto carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?".
8IMDB entry: tt0758742 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 18 themes, including "suicide", "police", "heart attack", "fbi".
10Released under 12 different titles around the world.