Death Note (2006)
"Desu nôto" (original title)

A battle between the world's 2 greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.

Director:

Shûsuke Kaneko

Writers:

Tsugumi Ohba (comic), Takeshi Obata (comic),

Stars:

Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Light Yagami
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	L
Asaka Seto	...	Naomi Misora
Shigeki Hosokawa	...	FBI Agent Ray
Erika Toda	...	Misa Amane
Shunji Fujimura	...	Watari
Takeshi Kaga	...	Souichiro Yagami
Yuu Kashii	...	Shiori Kashino
Shidô Nakamura	...	Ryuuk (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryôhei Abe
Sota Aoyama	...	Detective Matsuda
Chris Britton	...	Soichiro Yagami (voice)
Norman England	...	FBI Agent
Masanori Fujita	...	Stalker
Michiko Godai	...	Sachiko Yagami

Storyline

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 perpetrator. An all out battle between the greatest minds on earth begins, the winner controlling the world.

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Plot Keywords:

death | criminal | notebook | apple | rapist | 

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Taglines:

The human whose name is written in this note shall die.

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Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

17 June 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Death Note: The First Name

Filming Locations:

Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$627,378 (Hong Kong) (11 August 2006)

Gross:

$1,633,399 (Hong Kong) (25 August 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Death Note Film Partners, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), Shueisha

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the criminals who dies in his prison cell near the beginning of the film is reading the novel Bye Bye Jupiter (which was the source of the film of the same name).

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Goofs

On the subway, when Raye Iwamatsu first opens the file containing the FBI agent IDs, it first reads his name as Raye Penber (his original name in the anime). When the window is enlarged, it is switched back to Raye Iwamatsu.

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Quotes

Light Yagami: The law has its limits.
Shiori Kashino: Everything has limits.

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Connections

Featured in Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Lucifer's Angel"
By The Rasmus

User Reviews

This is the reason why I bought a "Death Note" notebook at the convention!!!

I haven't seen the anime yet or read the manga but this movie convinces me to watch the anime version of it. There a lot of people who are dissatisfied watching it because they got used to the concept and flow of the original story from anime and manga. These reactions reminded me of the reviews of other anime-to-movie adaptations like Initial D and Shinobi.When I compared Initial D movie to anime I was just disappointed as the others.

This movie has its own story to tell and pleases me to spend my boring afternoon watching the bootleg copy of it. I enjoyed a lot of detective movies and this exceeded my expectations. I saw how Light and L battle their wits using method after method. Light tried so careful not to get caught under L's nose but by doing this L advances closer and closer to get to the conclusion. Characters portrayed well especially L. The CGI-freaked Death god may have some few flaws but fitted well in the scenes where he's needed. Story has their own uniqueness that I nearly sided to the vigilance of Light then found out to myself that I'm now confused for what Light did to escape revealing himself nearly at the end of the movie. L may be freakish but fits well to his demeaning role.

Overall I enjoyed it and planned to watch DS anime to see what is their big difference their talking about. I recommend this for those who like different approach of storytelling especially for those who doesn't have the unbreakable habit of comparing live-action adaptation to anime.