Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors

2009 1h 40m JA

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7.4

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7.1

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★7.4TMDB · 206★7.1IMDB · 1,245

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Synopsis

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L's successor must ponder L's defeat if he hopes to succeed where his famed predecessor failed. At the headquarters of the SPK, he calls upon the Japanese task force to declare war on Light. A recap of Death Note episodes 27–37, with new footage.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mamoru Miyano
Light Yagami (voice)
Shido Nakamura
Ryuk (voice)
Aya Hirano
Misa Amane (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
Near (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Mello (voice)
Ryou Naitou
Touta Matsuda (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Shuichi Aizawa (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Kiyomi Takada (voice)

Credits

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Director: Tetsuro Araki
Writers: Tetsuro Araki, Toshiki Inoue, Shouji Yonemura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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CINEMA

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tetsuro Araki, shot by Kazuhiro Yamada. 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 Hideki Taniuchi. 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 Aya Hida 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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Mamoru Miyano and Shido Nakamura and Aya Hirano carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3355698 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tetsuro Araki directs. Kazuhiro Yamada behind the camera. Hideki Taniuchi scores. Aya Hida cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 17 years ago.
2Part of the "Death Note Relight Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Tetsuro Araki, shot by Kazuhiro Yamada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Hideki Taniuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Aya Hida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mamoru Miyano and Shido Nakamura and Aya Hirano carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3355698 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "detective", "supernatural", "serial killer", "compilation".
9Released under 10 different titles around the world.