Death Note (12A)
- Consumer Advice: Contains one use of strong language, moderate violence and threat
- Run time: 2 hours 6 mins
- Language: Japanese
- Genre: Thriller / Drama
- Release date: 25th April 2008
- Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto
- Directed by: Shusuke Kaneko
- Official Website: wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote
- Distributor: ILC Entertainment
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Plot Synopsis
“The human whose name is written in this note shall die”
Light Yagami is an elite university student and a genius. When a Shinigami (death god) drops the Death Note on Earth, Light picks it up and decides to keep it. With his father being a police inspector, Light has a strong sense of justice and is determined to wipe out all criminals using the Death Note. Dispersing justice obsesses him and he envisions himself as a God in the crimeless utopia he plans to create. As criminals continue to die in unexplainable ways, a rumour starts to circulate that it is the work of the Messiah who they call, Kira. International Criminal Police Organisation (ICPO) deploys its best ‘weapon’, L, a genius investigator to solve the mystery; L’s superior intelligence seems a sure bet in cornering Kira. Light evades L though, by utilising his intelligence and the mysterious power of the Death Note.