Desu nôto (2006)

Director:

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers:

Tsugumi Ôba (comic) &
Takeshi Obata (comic) ...

Release Date:

17 June 2006 (Japan)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Cop | Based On Comic | Fiancee | Battle Of Wits | Hostage

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

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
Yu Kashii	...	Shiori Kashino
Shido Nakamura	...	Ryuuk (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sota Aoyama	...	Detective Matsuda
Chris Britton	...	Soichiro Yagami
Christopher Britton	...	Soichiro Yagami (voice: English version)
Norman England	...	FBI Agent
Masanori Fujita	...	Stalker
Michiko Godai	...	Sachiko Yagami
David Hurwitz	...	Mello
Alessandro Juliani	...	L
Miyuki Komatsu	...	Detective Sawa
Matt Lagan	...	Lind L. Taylor
Sarutoki Minagawa
Hikari Mitsushima	...	Sayu Yagami
Takeo Nakahara	...	Matsubara
Ikuji Nakamura	...	Detective Ukida
Shin Shimizu	...	Detective Mogi
Yoji Tanaka	...	Sasaki
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	Police Chief Saeki

Also Known As:

Death Note (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:126 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Fukuoka, Japan

Company:

Death Note Film Partners

Trivia:

Light can briefly be seen reading Jenseits von Gut und Böse (English: Beyond Good and Evil) by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The basic concept of the book is that good and evil are not absolute, but rather social constructions and thus have different meanings varying from society to society. Obviously, it's a perfect choice for this movie.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Yattâman: (#1.3)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Dani California

Death note.

Well, I am new to death note, I decided to watch it in cinema and it was great. There was a twist in the plot. It made me want to know what was going to happen soon. It did not waste my two hours, but although it was a bit slow but still it was a great movie. I did not read the comics but guessing from the poster, it look great. Although, the characters from the comics did not really fit the actors, the acting was okay. The story was simple, Light received the death note and killed bad guys....L was tracking him down. Dead simple but there were twists in the plot, the ending was a big twist. I would decide what would happen. I hope Death note 2 is better than this when watching Death note 2 trailer.