Desu nôto: The last name (2006)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers:

Tsugumi Ôba (comic) &
Takeshi Obata (comic) ...

Release Date:

3 November 2006 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Picking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Based On Manga

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Light Yagami
Takeshi Kaga	...	Soichiro Yagami
Shido Nakamura	...	Ryuuk (voice)
Erika Toda	...	Misa Amane
Shigeki Hosokawa	...	FBI Agent Ray
Shunji Fujimura	...	Watari
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	L
Shin Shimizu	...	Kenzo Mogi
Sota Aoyama	...	Tota Matsuda
Magy	...	TV Director
Peter	...	Rem (voice) (as Shinnosuke Ikehata)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexa Devine	...	Kyoko
Michiko Godai	...	Sachiko Yagami
Itsuji Itao	...	Hikima
Nana Katase	...	Kiyomi Takada
Miyuki Komatsu	...	Sawa
Ai Maeda	...	Ayako Yoshino
Hikari Mitsushima	...	Sayu Yagami
Ikuji Nakamura	...	Ukita
Jun Okazaki	...	Festival Goer
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	Police Chief Saeki
Sakura Uehara	...	Saeko Nishiyama

Also Known As:

Death Note the Last Name (USA) (copyright title)
Death Note: The Last Name (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:141 min

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | UK:12A | France:U | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Kitakyûshû City, Fukuoka, Japan

Company:

Death Note Film Partners

Trivia:

The film is dedicated: "In Memory of Hiroshi Takase." Takase was the Director of Photography for the first Death Note movie, who died just after finishing it.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the scene wear Amane Misa gets the Death Note back after digging it up, she is on her bed writing in the Death Note, there is a copy of one of the actual Death Note manga books on her bed

Quotes:

L: All the Death Notes shall be left with me.
Ryuuk: You ain't gonna use 'em? That's just lame.

Movie Connections:

Features Desu nôto (2006)

Soundtrack:

Snow (Hey Oh)

Nice try but lacking

although this was a decent attempt at recreating the story from the original manga content despite its detractions from the original source it doesn't really work as a film, even in 2 two hour movies it still isn't long enough, the anime series is currently at 15 half hour episodes and needs every second of it to build the characters, although they were fairly well cast, especially the part of L, but the cut in time left the characters feeling wrong, for example light seems to be troubled by emotions and such whereas in the anime he came across as cold, calculating and emotionless, if he needed to kill his own family he would do so without a second thought if he saw it neccecary for his cause, it also seemed as if they had attempted to make him likable or at least have the viewer sympathise with him in some way instead of the true demon he really is and by doing all this he doesn't come across as intelligent as his original manga counterpart. taken on its own it is not a bad set of films but compared to the source material it pails in insignificance, if you can invest the time in watching the series or reading the manga and you'll find it one of the most well thought out and gripping things you've seen in years