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.
Acting
Kenichi Matsuyama IS L—slouch, sugar addiction, and all.
Direction
Kaneko makes staring contests genuinely suspenseful.
Practical Effects
Ryuk's design: nightmare fuel you can't look away from.
Director
Shusuke Kaneko
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Light Yagami
Kenichi Matsuyama
L
Asaka Seto
Naomi Misora
Shigeki Hosokawa
Raye Iwamatsu
Erika Toda
Misa Amane
Shunji Fujimura
Watari
Takeshi Kaga
Soichiro Yagami
Yuu Kashii
Shiori Akino
Shido Nakamura
Ryuk (voice)
Sota Aoyama
Touta Matsuda
Norman England
FBI Agent
Godai Michiko
Sachiko Yagami
Miyuki Komatsu
Detective Sanami
Matt Lagan
Lind L. Taylor
Sarutoki Minagawa
Kiichiro Osoreda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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