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.
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4 films
Cast
27 people
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Light Yagami
Known for
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Kenichi Matsuyama
L
Known for
Promare
Norwegian Wood
Asaka Seto
Naomi Misora
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One Missed Call 2
Shigeki Hosokawa
Raye Iwamatsu
Known for
Kamen Rider
Erika Toda
Misa Amane
Known for
Liar Game
Blade of the Immortal
Shunji Fujimura
Watari
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Black Butler
Black Butler: Book of Murder
Takeshi Kaga
Soichiro Yagami
Known for
Pokémon the Movie 2000
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Yuu Kashii
Shiori Akino
Known for
Linda Linda Linda
Shidou Nakamura
Ryuk (voice)
Known for
Death Note
Letters from Iwo Jima
Sota Aoyama
Touta Matsuda
Known for
The Complex
Norman England
FBI Agent
Known for
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Godai Michiko
Sachiko Yagami
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Shusuke Kaneko Director · Tetsuya Oishi Screenplay Takeshi Obata Author
Worldwide gross $30M · Budget $20M · United States release April 21, 2007
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$29,667,169
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
Shueisha
Production
Shochiku
Production
VAP
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Horipro
Production
Warner Bros. Japan
Production
Nikkatsu Studio
Production
Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
Production
Miyagi Television Broadcasting
Production
Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
Production
Hiroshima Telecasting
Production
Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Production
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production
Konami Digital Entertainment
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
デスノート
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese · Russian
Release dates
Brazil · June 17, 2006
Digital
Japan · June 17, 2006
Theatrical
United States · April 21, 2007
Theatrical
Australia
July 4, 2007 · Theatrical
France
January 9, 2008 · Physical
Germany
June 17, 2006 · Digital
Hungary
September 25, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
November 23, 2011 · Physical · 5th anniversary
Mexico
August 2, 2017 · Digital
Netherlands
March 18, 2008 · Theatrical
April 18, 2008 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
November 2, 2006 · Theatrical
Spain
December 3, 2008 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 10, 2007 · Theatrical
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