Death Note (2006 film)

Death Note
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shusuke Kaneko
Screenplay by	Tetsuya Oishi
Based on	Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba Takeshi Obata
Produced by	Toyoharu Fukuda Takahiro Kohashi Takahiro Satō
Starring	Tatsuya Fujiwara Kenichi Matsuyama Shunji Fujimura Takeshi Kaga Yuu Kashii Asaka Seto Shigeki Hosokawa Erika Toda
Cinematography	Hiroshi Takase
Edited by	Yosuke Yafune
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Production companies	Chūkyō Television Broadcasting Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation Horipro Hiroshima Telecasting Konami Digital Entertainment Miyagi Television Broadcasting Nikkatsu Nippon TV Shochiku Shueisha Sapporo Television Broadcasting VAP Warner Bros. Pictures Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation[1]
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	June 17, 2006 (2006-06-17) (Japan) May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20) (US)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese English
Box office	$31.3 million

Death Note (デスノート, Desu Nōto) is a 2006 Japanese supernatural thriller film 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 world-wide massacre of criminals and people whom he deems morally unworthy of life, through a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in the pages, while being hunted down by an elite task-force of law enforcement officers within Tokyo, led by an enigmatic international detective. The film was directed by Shusuke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. The film was licensed by VIZ Pictures, Warner Bros.

It was followed by a sequel, Death Note 2: The Last Name, released in the same year. A spin-off film directed by Hideo Nakata and titled L: Change the World, was released on February 9, 2008. Another sequel, Death Note: Light Up the New World, was released in October 2016.