---
title: 'Death Note (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shūsuke Kaneko'
released: '2006-06-17'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-note-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758742/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Death Note (2006)

2006 · 126 min · Drama, Mystery · Japan

Original title: デスノート

## Synopsis

Death Note  is a 2006 Japanese supernatural thriller film directed by Shusuke Kaneko. It is 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 worldwide massacre of criminals and people whom he deems morally unworthy of life, through a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in its pages, while being hunted down by an elite task force of law enforcement officers within Tokyo, led by an enigmatic international detective.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shūsuke Kaneko](https://cinepixo.com/people/shusuke-kaneko)
- **Screenplay:** [Takeshi Obata](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-obata), [Tsugumi Ohba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsugumi-ohba)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kenji Kawai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-kawai)
- **Producer:** [Takahiro Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/takahiro-sato)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hiroshi Takase](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-takase)
- **Editor:** [Yōsuke Yafune](https://cinepixo.com/people/yosuke-yafune)

## Cast

- [Hikari Mitsushima](https://cinepixo.com/people/hikari-mitsushima)
- [Shigeki Hosokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeki-hosokawa)
- [Masahiko Tsugawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiko-tsugawa)
- [Shunji Fujimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-fujimura)
- [Yuu Kashii](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuu-kashii)
- [Kenichi Matsuyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenichi-matsuyama) as L
- [Yōji Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-tanaka)
- [Tatsuya Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-fujiwara) as Light Yagami
- [Miyuki Komatsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/miyuki-komatsu)
- [Michiko Godai](https://cinepixo.com/people/michiko-godai)
- [Asaka Seto](https://cinepixo.com/people/asaka-seto)
- [Sota Aoyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/sota-aoyama)
- [Erika Toda](https://cinepixo.com/people/erika-toda) as Misa Amane
- [Ai Maeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ai-maeda)
- [Takeshi Kaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kaga)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-note-2006
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1200673); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.