Japan Synopsis
デスノート the Last name
“The last name to be written in the DEATH NOTE… Whose name will it be?”
In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?
Audience Engagement
425 audience reviews — more than 92% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (92th percentile) outruns trending popularity (74th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Death Note: The Last Name. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Horipro
Fantasy + Thriller in Japan
25 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Death Note: The Last Name itself).
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · 2020
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
★ 8.0 · 2007
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral
★ 7.7 · 2008
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal
★ 7.6 · 2012
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond
★ 7.5 · 2019
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings
★ 7.5 · 2012
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Death Note: The Last Name holds position #171 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Death Note: The Last Name. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 20m runtime, production spent $121K per minute on screen and earned $342K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1892nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,301 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (50th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #817 of 1,274 (top 64%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Horipro, Konami, Nikkatsu Studio, Nikkatsu Corporation, Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 20m |
| Release Date | October 28, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0810827 |
| Official Site | wwws.warnerbros.co.jp |