Death Note

Death Note

2006 · 126 min · JA · R · 7.1 (839 votes)
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura · Music Kenji Kawai · Death Note Collection

“The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?”

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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 film plunges you into a high-stakes intellectual duel, where every move is calculated and the moral lines blur. It's a dark, cerebral ride, constantly ratcheting up the tension as two brilliant minds clash over the very nature of justice. Expect a gripping, thought-provoking experience.

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