- HD 1080
- Runtime: 126m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Shusuke Kaneko
- Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda
- keywords: suicide, police, heart attack, fbi, moral ambiguity, notebook, remake, murder, serial killer, tokyo, japan, based on manga, criminal, death, father son relationship, shinigami, japanese, supernatural power, psychotronic film, battle of wits, 死亡筆記
- Production_studio: Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shueisha, Shochiku, VAP, Nikkatsu Corporation, Horipro, Warner Bros. Japan
- Slogan: The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?
- The Death Note is featured in the top rankings of 2006
- #11 in Top Fantasy Movies of 2006
- #21 in Top Thriller Movies of 2006
- #8 in Top Mystery Movies of 2006
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.