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Death Note: At a glance

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Facts

2006 · Fantasy, Mystery · Japanese1.5× its budget · Long for fantasy movies

Critics vs audiences

Critics a little warmer than audiences (+5)

Critics 78Audiences 73GoodWatch 75

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Tomatometer78%

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Audience score82%

  • IMDb

    IMDb7.5

  • Letterboxd

    Letterboxd · 24 K ratings3.1/5

Box office

1.5×its budget

Budget
$20 M
Worldwide
$30 M

Worldwide it earned $10 M more than it cost.

Running time

2 h 6 min

Longer than most fantasy movies, +26 min on the typical 100

Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.

Reach

Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 20 more

Released

2006

June 17, 2006

20 years ago

Genres

FantasyMysteryThriller

Language

Japanese

Original language

Made in

  • Japan

Content

R · Violence, disturbing imageryTeens and up

Rated

  • RUnited States

What's in it

  • ViolenceModerate
  • Gore, disturbing imagesMild
  • Frightening scenesMild
  • Sex, nudityLittle or none
  • Dark themesStrong

In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.

Viewing guide

AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-Provoking

Not listed for kids or family movie night.

Starring

StarringTatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto

24 people

Made by

Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, written with Tetsuya OishiHiroshi Takase (camera), Kenji Kawai (music), Yōsuke Yafune (editing)·19 people in 10 departments

Directing · 2

Writing · 3

Production · 4

Camera · 1

Editing · 1

Sound · 2

Art · 3

Visual Effects · 1

Lighting · 1

Other crew · 1