Death Note (Live Action)
by Shusuke Kaneko
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Actor: Kenichi Matsuyama, Takeshi Kaga, Tatsuya FujiwaraDirector: Shusuke Kaneko
Brand: VIZ MEDIA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Japanese (Original Language); English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.37:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: VIZ Pictures, Inc.
Product features:
- DEATH NOTE is based on the bestselling supernatural action mystery manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. With 15 million copies, the hit comic has finally been adapted into two live-action feature films DEATH NOTE and Death Note: The Last Name. Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, widely known for the popular monster film ?Gamera? series, DEATH NOTE was first released in Japan in
- The Prologue to Death Note - Rasen no Wana (Japanese Version)
- Death Note: Kira Game (Japanese Version)
DVD Reviews of Death Note (Live Action)
DVD Review: Better than the anime series
Summary: 5 Stars
This live action movie very nicely summarizes the entire anime series (30+ episodes). It captures all the important and exciting aspects of the anime series and leaves out the fillers. Also, the ending is different from the anime series, BUT I LIKE IT. I find the live action movie's ending much much better! In the anime series, it seemed they made that ending to stretch the story line out and create more episodes.DVD Review: Very good ~clapping~
Summary: 5 Stars
LOVED IT! I absolutely love the animated series so I HAD to check this out and I must say, the actors and actresses were very cool! They did a good job! There are a couple of story variations from the TV series but it's nothing that breaks the movie, nothing at all. I haven't read the written version of the story so I don't know if the movie followed that or not.
I think I even like the live action Misa better than the animated one. She was great! Light and L...awesome! The cops, great! All of it was pretty freaking awesome. And the CGI is pretty good. The Shinigami were very well done. I was convinced. =)
I do recommend watching it in Japanese with subtitles though. This way you can get a feel of the emotions and acting better from the original voices rather than the dubbed over voices. Plus, the voices match the characters better in Japanese anyway.
DVD Review: Good movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great movie, but it is basically a repeat of the same thing you see in the anime. Watching the anime is a whole lot better.DVD Review: Ooh, you gotta watch it!
Summary: 4 Stars
I had only heard the idea behind "Death Note" before I watched this movie. Having experience with Manga and Anime, I already had expectations. This movie Totally met and exceeded them! LOVED IT!
PROS: Wonderful voice actors, engaging storyline, Awesome Shinigami!
Cons: Wish I could get it in original Japanese with subtitles, has that little bit of 'corny' feel to it at times. Anyone who doesn't enjoy seeing an Anime come to life might not 'get' it (that might not be a con...lol).
I might have had issues with missing parts if I had seen the anime or read the manga first.
But, seeing this first and then starting the Anime and Manga, I find that the books and Anime fill things in for me and don't take away from the movies.
You Must do yourself a favor! Have "Death Note II" in hand before watching "Death Note". You are going to want to watch it right away!
Sit back and Enjoy it for what it is... a great movie!
DVD Review: Death Note Rocks!
Summary: 5 Stars
It seems to be in good shape, and came soon. It's going to make someone really happy for Christmas!
Description of Death Note (Live Action)
*PHENOMENON*:With over 25 million copies sold, the hit manga series has finally been adapted into two live-action feature films directed by Shusuke Kaneko, widely known for the popular, Gamera, monster film series.
DEATH NOTE was first released in Japan in July 2006, grossing over *$28 million* with 2.3 million tickets sold.
Its sequel, DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME, was released in Japan in November 2006 and was even more successful, grossing over *$52 million* with 4.3 million tickets sold.
Both movies stayed at #1 on box office for weeks not only in Japan, but also in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.
As a result of this success, a spin-off film directed by Hideo Nakata (director of the original Japanese version of The Ring) will be released shortly on February 9, 2008, titled L: Change the World.
Adapted from the bestselling manga, with original characters and plot twists developed only for live-action film, the story takes unexpected turns before arriving at a shocking ending.
Ace student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook intentionally dropped by a rogue "Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies. Upset with the current justice system, Light takes matters into his own hands and vows to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of all evil, and become the God of the new world.
Soon, the number of suspicious deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of the International Police Organization.
A mysterious detective known only as L quickly learns that the serial killer, nicknamed Kira by the public, is located in Japan. Light realizes that L will be his greatest enemy, and a game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.
*Music by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS *
*Theme Song: DANI CALIFORNIA** *
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The first live-action feature based on the manga Death Note covers much of the same material as the first 12 episodes of the animated series. Handsome Light Yagami has just passed the bar exam, but he's repelled by the injustice of modern society. His life changes dramatically when he finds a Death Note, a notebook dropped into human space by Ryuk, a Shinigami (god of death). If anyone writes the name of a human in the book, that person will die within minutes. Under the pseudonym "Kira," Light launches a gradiose vigilante campaign to rid the world of criminals and create his vision of a perfect society. But the string of deaths attracts the attention of the police, who refer the baffling case to the eccentric but brilliant detective known only as "L." The police are reduced to pawns as the investigation becomes a high-stakes battle of wits between Light and L. Director Shusuke Kaneko and screenwriter Tetsuya Oshi add a dramatic subplot: the fiancee of one of Kira's victim deduces the killer's identity. Tatsuya Fujiwara makes Light more understandable and more likable than his animated counterpart. Kenichi Matsuyama looks properly pallid as L, but his addiction to desserts looks silly in live action and weakens the character's intensity. The hokey Ryuk never blends in with the real sets. Death Note ends inconclusively, but continues in a sequel.(Unrated: suitable for ages 16 and older: grotesque imagery, violence, violence against women, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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