Desu nôto: The last name (2006)

Director:

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers:

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

Release Date:

3 November 2006 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Picking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Based On Manga

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Light Yagami
Takeshi Kaga	...	Soichiro Yagami
Shido Nakamura	...	Ryuuk (voice)
Erika Toda	...	Misa Amane
Shigeki Hosokawa	...	FBI Agent Ray
Shunji Fujimura	...	Watari
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	L
Shin Shimizu	...	Kenzo Mogi
Sota Aoyama	...	Tota Matsuda
Magy	...	TV Director
Peter	...	Rem (voice) (as Shinnosuke Ikehata)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexa Devine	...	Kyoko
Michiko Godai	...	Sachiko Yagami
Itsuji Itao	...	Hikima
Nana Katase	...	Kiyomi Takada
Miyuki Komatsu	...	Sawa
Ai Maeda	...	Ayako Yoshino
Hikari Mitsushima	...	Sayu Yagami
Ikuji Nakamura	...	Ukita
Jun Okazaki	...	Festival Goer
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	Police Chief Saeki
Sakura Uehara	...	Saeko Nishiyama

Also Known As:

Death Note the Last Name (USA) (copyright title)
Death Note: The Last Name (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:141 min

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | UK:12A | France:U | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Kitakyûshû City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Company:

Death Note Film Partners

Trivia:

The film is dedicated: "In Memory of Hiroshi Takase." Takase was the Director of Photography for the first Death Note movie, who died just after finishing it.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Misa meets L for the first time and looks up at his name, she reads it using her Shinigami Eyes. It seems unlikely that she would think it would not be L, seeing as his name is L Lawliet. Later she forgets his name, which is also strange again seeing as he had such a unusual name, and that L was his first name.

Quotes:

L: All the Death Notes shall be left with me.
Ryuuk: You ain't gonna use 'em? That's just lame.

Movie Connections:

Features Desu nôto (2006)

Soundtrack:

Snow (Hey Oh)

I like the anime more but it's nice to see another take on the story.

This film has it's flaws. What I liked most about this film is that it gave you a different ending then the anime. The beginning of this film follows the anime pretty well minus some action, and some characters and their sexes were changed. What bugged me though was how careless Light was. He seemed so much more insane yet dumber then in the anime. Honestly the story could of been much better then it was but still it was an interesting take on the story. The acting wasn't very good. The only believable characters in comparison to the anime were Mr. Yagami and L. L was a real joy to watch in live action. If all else see this movie just to see him and how eccentric he really is. So if you like seeing all angles of a story then this is a good movie to see. The different ending makes it worth watching.