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Death Note

Death Note

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Death Note

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

2006

2h 6m

7.1(804 votes)

Fantasy

Mystery

Thriller

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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Production Companies

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Shueisha

Shochiku

VAP

Nikkatsu Corporation

Horipro

Warner Bros. Japan

Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company

Miyagi Television Broadcasting

Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company

Hiroshima Telecasting

Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Konami

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Light Yagami

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

L

Asaka Seto

Asaka Seto

Naomi Misora

Shigeki Hosokawa

Shigeki Hosokawa

Raye Iwamatsu

Erika Toda

Erika Toda

Misa Amane

Shunji Fujimura

Shunji Fujimura

Watari

Takeshi Kaga

Takeshi Kaga

Soichiro Yagami

Yuu Kashii

Yuu Kashii

Shiori Akino

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Ryuk (voice)

Sota Aoyama

Sota Aoyama

Touta Matsuda

Creative team

Directed by: Shusuke Kaneko
Written by: Tetsuya Oishi
Produced by: Takahiro Kobashi
Takahiro Sato

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