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Death Note

2006 · 126 min

A tense, cerebral cat-and-mouse game that keeps you glued to the screen, feeling the weight of every moral choice.

Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko
Genres
Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?
Overview
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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Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko
Genres
Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • power
  • obsession
  • deception
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

In this series

Death Note Collection

  1. Death NoteMovie · 2006 This title
  2. Death Note: The Last NameMovie · 2006
  3. Death Note: L Change the WorLdMovie · 2008
  4. Death Note: Light Up the NEW WorldMovie · 2016

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Genres
fantasy, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko
Written by
Tetsuya Oishi
Starring
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura, Takeshi Kaga, Yuu Kashii
Music
Kenji Kawai
Cinematography
Hiroshi Takase
Runtime
126 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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