Death Note

2006 126 min ★ 7.1 Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

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 mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

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Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Light Yagami

Kenichi Matsuyama

L

Asaka Seto

Naomi Misora

Shigeki Hosokawa

Raye Iwamatsu

Erika Toda

Misa Amane

Shunji Fujimura

Watari

Takeshi Kaga

Soichiro Yagami

Yuu Kashii

Shiori Akino

Shido Nakamura

Ryuk (voice)

Sota Aoyama

Touta Matsuda

Details

Director

Shusuke Kaneko

Screenplay

Tetsuya Oishi

Tagline

"The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?"

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$29,667,169

Production

Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shueisha, Shochiku, VAP, Nikkatsu Corporation, Horipro, Warner Bros. Japan, Nikkatsu Studio, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Konami