Death Note
デスノート
2006 · 2h 6m · Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller · Japan · Rated R (US)
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.
Directed by
Shusuke KanekoWritten by
Tetsuya Oishi7.0Smart score
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based on mangabattle of witscriminaldeathethical dilemmafather son relationshipfbiheart attackmoral ambiguitymurdernotebookpolicepsychotronic filmremakeserial killershinigamisuicidesupernatural powertokyo, japan
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