Japan Synopsis
デスノート
“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.
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
364 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Death Note sits at position #170.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Death Note. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Nippon Television Network Corporation
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Death Note premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 6m runtime, production spent $159K per minute on screen and earned $235K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,298 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (50th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #816 of 1,274 (top 64%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shueisha, Shochiku, VAP, Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 6m |
| Release Date | June 17, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0758742 |