Movie
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Death Note opened in theaters April 21, 2007. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Tatsuya FujiwaraLight Yagami
Kenichi MatsuyamaL
Asaka SetoNaomi Misora
Shigeki HosokawaRaye Iwamatsu
Erika TodaMisa Amane
Shunji FujimuraWatari
Takeshi KagaSoichiro Yagami
Yuu KashiiShiori AkinoCredits
- Directed by
- Shusuke Kaneko
- Written by
- Tetsuya Oishi
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- デスノート
- Collection
- Death Note Collection
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $29.7M
Production
Nippon Television Network CorporationJapan
ShueishaJapan
ShochikuJapan
VAPJapan
Nikkatsu CorporationJapan
HoriproJapan