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Death Note: Light Up the New World (2016)

Death Note: Light Up the New World poster
Original title
デスノート, Light up the NEW world
Directed by
Shinsuke Sato
Genre
thriller film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 15m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 184 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A new world order emerges when six Death Notes appear on Earth. A detective and a cyber-terrorist compete to control the notebooks and the power to kill anyone whose name is written in them.

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What happens

Death Note: Light Up the New World (デスノート Light up the NEW world) is a 2016 Japanese film directed by Shinsuke Sato. The film is based on the manga series Death Note written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata and is a sequel to Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006), but features an original story and takes place after the Death Note: New Generation miniseries. It premiered in Japan on October 29, 2016, by Warner Bros. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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