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Directed by | Shūsuke Kaneko |
Produced by | Toyoharu Fukuda Seiji Okuda Takahiro Satō |
Screenplay by | Tetsuya Oishi |
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Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata |
Starring |
Tatsuya Fujiwara Kenichi Matsuyama Erika Toda Shunji Fujimura Takeshi Kaga Shigeki Hosokawa |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Cinematography | Kenji Takama |
Edited by | Yosuke Yafune |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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139 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥5.20 billion (Japan) |
Death Note 2: The Last Name (デスノート the Last name Desu Nōto the Last name) a 2006 Japanese detective supernatural psychological horror thriller film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. The film is the second in a series of live-action Japanese films released in 2006 based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The film primarily centers on a university student named Light Yagami who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. The film was produced by Nippon Television, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. It was licensed by VIZ Pictures. A spin-off, L: Change the World, was released in 2008. A sequel, Death Note: Light Up the New World, was released in 2016.
Misa receives a second Death Note from Rem, another Shinigami. As Light joins the task force after Shiori's funeral, Misa becomes the second Kira and forces a TV station into broadcasting her tapes. Through her TV screen Misa, using her Shinigami eyes, kills a critic of the original Kira, as well as Detective Mogi and two policemen who tried to break up a makeshift Kira supporters' rally. Light's younger sister Sayu is almost killed for not supporting Kira until Soichiro crashes into the festival wearing a motorcycle helmet. Light later arrives to comfort Sayu and Soichiro but is spotted by Misa as the family leaves the area. Misa correctly identifies Light as the original Kira.