7.8 Score

2006 • 2h 6min • Not Rated • Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy

Death Note

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

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.

IMDb 7.5

RT 78%

Director

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers

Tetsuya Oishi

Tsugumi Ohba

Takeshi Obata

Composer

Kenji Kawai

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Tatsuya Fujiwara

Light Yagami

Kenichi Matsuyama

Asaka Seto

Naomi Misora

Shigeki Hosokawa

Raye Iwamatsu

Erika Toda

Misa Amane

Shunji Fujimura

Watari

Takeshi Kaga

Soichiro Yagami

Yuu Kashii

Shiori Akino

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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

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