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Death Note

The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?
2006 | 126m | Japanese

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Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Writer: Tetsuya Oishi
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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.
Release Date: Jun 17, 2006
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Writer: Tetsuya Oishi
Genres: Fantasy, Mystery
Keywords suicide, heart attack, fbi, notebook, police, murder, serial killer, moral ambiguity, tokyo, japan, based on manga, criminal, death, father son relationship, shinigami, japanese, supernatural power, psychotronic film, battle of wits, 死亡筆記
Production Companies Shochiku, Nikkatsu Corporation, Shueisha, Warner Bros. Japan, Horipro, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Hiroshima Telecasting, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Konami, Nikkatsu Studio, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
Box Office Revenue: $29,667,169
Budget: $20,000,000
Updates Updated: Jan 03, 2026
Entered: Jan 03, 2026
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Name Character
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
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
Hiromi Kanaya
Ryohei Abe
Masanori Fujita Ryotaro Sakajo
Masanori Mimoto Misa's Manager
Name Job
Hiroshi Takase Director of Photography
Kikuo Notomi Armorer
Takeshi Obata Comic Book
Yōsuke Yafune Editor
Atsushi Doi CGI Director
Nobuhiro Yamashita Decorator
Shusuke Kaneko Director
Hajime Oikawa Art Direction
Kenji Kawai Original Music Composer
Masamichi Uwabo Gaffer
Yasuyuki Otsuka Line Producer
Tetsuya Oishi Screenplay
Toshiaki Takahashi Set Decoration
Tsugumi Ohba Comic Book
Name Title
Seiji Okuda Executive Producer
Takahiro Sato Producer
Takahiro Kobashi Producer
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