Death Note
2006
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Synopsis
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.
Death Note (2006) is a 2h 6min fantasy feature film by Shusuke Kaneko. Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the... Selected for Fantastic Fest (2007).
Key facts
Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura, Takeshi Kaga, Yuu Kashii
Original language
Japanese
First release
June 17, 2006 (Brazil)
Production companies
Chūkyō Television Broadcasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation, Horipro, Hiroshima Telecasting
Based on
Death Note
Awards
Pégase du Festival de Bruxelles
Crew
Screenplay
Tetsuya Oishi
Producer
Takahiro Kobashi, Takahiro Sato
Cinematography
Hiroshi Takase
Editing
Yōsuke Yafune
Music
Kenji Kawai
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Awards of the Japanese Academy 2007 generic
- Fantastic Fest 2007
- Hong Kong Film Awards 2007 generic
Titles
| Original title | DESU NÔTO | |
| Alternate title | Death Note |
Releases & classifications
| Streaming | Brazil | June 17, 2006 |
| Streaming | Germany | June 17, 2006 |
| Theatrical | Japan | June 17, 2006 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | November 2, 2006 |
| Theatrical | United States | April 21, 2007 |
| Theatrical | Australia | July 4, 2007 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | November 10, 2007 |
| Theatrical | Netherlands | March 18, 2008 |
| Theatrical | Hungary | September 25, 2008 |
| Theatrical | Spain | December 3, 2008 |
| Streaming | Mexico | August 2, 2017 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 15 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Versions & editions
| Home video | France | January 9, 2008 |
| Home video | Netherlands | April 18, 2008 |
| Home video | Japan | November 23, 2011 |
Full credits
| Director | Shusuke Kaneko |
| 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), Shidou Nakamura (Ryuk (voice)), Sota Aoyama (Touta Matsuda), Norman England (FBI Agent), Godai Michiko (Sachiko Yagami), Miyuki Komatsu (Detective Sanami), Matt Lagan (Lind L. Taylor), Sarutoki Minagawa (Kiichiro Osoreda), Hikari Mitsushima (Sayu Yagami), Takeo Nakahara (Matsubara), Ikuji Nakamura (Detective Hirokazu Ukida), Tatsuhito Okuda (Detective Shuichi Aizawa), Shin Shimizu (Detective Kanzo Mogi), Yoji Tanaka (Sasaki), Masahiko Tsugawa (Police Chief Saeki), Masanori Mimoto (Misa's Manager), Hiromi Kanaya, Ryohei Abe, Yuka Yasukawa, Masanori Fujita (Ryotaro Sakajo) |
| Screenplay | Tetsuya Oishi |
| Producer | Takahiro Kobashi, Takahiro Sato |
| Executive producer | Seiji Okuda |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Takase |
| Editing | Yōsuke Yafune |
| Music | Kenji Kawai |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
