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Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

Crime · Horror · Science Fiction · 2016

10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators including Matsuda who experienced the Kira case of 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note takes place on Wall Street in the U.S., Shibuya in Japan and other places. World famous private investigator Ryuzaki, who is the rightful successor of L, also investigates the mass murders. They discover that 6 death notes exists in the world. A computer virus called Kira spreads in the world. A message in the Kira virus says to turn in 6 death notes. A person who has 6 death notes overwhelm the world. The confrontation begins between the person who wants Kira’s revival and the people who want to stop it.

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Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

2016 Crime · Horror · Science Fiction 2h 14m

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10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators including Matsuda who experienced the Kira case of 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note takes place on Wall Street in the U.S., Shibuya in Japan and other places. World famous private investigator Ryuzaki, who is the rightful successor of L, also investigates the mass murders. They discover that 6 death notes exists in the world. A computer virus called Kira spreads in the world. A message in the Kira virus says to turn in 6 death notes. A person who has 6 death notes overwhelm the world. The confrontation begins between the person who wants Kira’s revival and the people who want to stop it.

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Directed by

Shinsuke Sato

Written by

Katsunari Mano

Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide

Tsukuru Mishima

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Ryuzaki

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Yuki Shien

Erika Toda

Erika Toda

Misa Amane

Mina Fujii

Mina Fujii

Sho Nanase

Rina Kawaei

Rina Kawaei

Sakura Aoi

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Ryuk (voice)

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The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.