Death Note: The Last Name

"The last name to be written in the DEATH NOTE... Whose name will it be?"

2006 2h 20m JA

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Synopsis

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In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?

“The last name to be written in the DEATH NOTE... Whose name will it be?”

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Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Light Yagami
Kenichi Matsuyama
L
Erika Toda
Misa Amane
Nana Katase
Kiyomi Takada
Magi
TV Director
Sakura Uehara
Saeko Nishiyama
Takeshi Kaga
Soichiro Yagami
Shunji Fujimura
Watari

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 Kenji Takama. 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 Erika Toda carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The last name to be written in the DEATH NOTE... Whose name will it be?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0810827 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shusuke Kaneko directs. Kenji Takama 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 Kenji Takama. 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 Erika Toda carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The last name to be written in the DEATH NOTE... Whose name will it be?".
8IMDB entry: tt0810827 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 17 different titles around the world.