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Death Note (2006)
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa
Runtime126 min
Rating15
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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.
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This 2006 psychological thriller from director Shusuke Kaneko provides a captivating cat-and-mouse game between the brilliant Light Yagami and the enigmatic detective L, as they clash over the power of the mystical Death Note. Fans of cerebral narratives and tense character dynamics will be enthralled by the film's deep exploration of morality, justice, and the consequences of wielding godlike power.
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Death Note is a 2006 Japanese supernatural thriller film based on the manga series of the same title by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The film primarily centers on a Tokyo college student who attempts to change the world into a utopian society without crime, by committing a world-wide massacre of criminals and people whom he deems morally unworthy of life, through a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in the pages, while being hunted down by an elite task-force of law enforcement officers within Tokyo, led by an enigmatic international detective. The film was directed by Shusuke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. The film was licensed by VIZ Pictures and Warner Bros.
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