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Death Note

Movie·2006·Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller·2h 6m·7.1 (794)·Directed by Shusuke Kaneko

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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.

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Tatsuya FujiwaraTatsuya FujiwaraLight YagamiKenichi MatsuyamaKenichi MatsuyamaLAsaka SetoAsaka SetoNaomi MisoraShigeki HosokawaShigeki HosokawaRaye IwamatsuErika TodaErika TodaMisa AmaneShunji FujimuraShunji FujimuraWatariTakeshi KagaTakeshi KagaSoichiro YagamiYuu KashiiYuu KashiiShiori Akino

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