Death Note (2006)

A battle between the world's two 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 Ôba (original manga), Takeshi Obata (original manga)

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 Raye Iwamatsu
Erika Toda	...	Misa Amane
Shunji Fujimura	...	Watari
Takeshi Kaga	...	Sôichiro Yagami
Yû Kashii	...	Shiori Akino
Shidô Nakamura	...	Ryuk (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryôhei Abe
Sota Aoyama	...	Detective Tôta Matsuda
Norman England	...	FBI Agent
Masanori Fujita	...	Stalker
Michiko Godai	...	Sachiko Yagami
Janyse Jaud	...	Detective Sanami (voice)

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:

serial killer | based on comic | based on comic book | tokyo japan | notebook | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Warner Bros. [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nippon Television Network (NTV),Shueisha,Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES DTS (DTS-HD master audio) (Blu-ray release)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

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 (1984) (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

Ryuuk: Raito, you are worse than a god of death, you are the true devil.

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Connections

Version of Death Note (2006)

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Soundtracks

Lucifer's Angel
By The Rasmus

User Reviews

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.