The screen adaptation of the most compelling manga in recent years is here: Death Note is a haunting film that unveils the dark side of a good man.
The film revolves around Light Yagami (Fujiwara Tatsuya), a very clever but cynical high school student who aims to follow in his father's footsteps and become a police inspector.
But he feels increasingly disappointed by the failure of the legal system to punish criminals effectively.
One fateful night, after being mocked and humiliated by a young thug who wasn't punished for a murder he committed, he finds an ominous notebook lying in the road. The book has the words Death Note on the cover.
Light realises that it is the tool of Ryuk, a god of death who has the face of the Joker and the wings of Batman. Anyone whose name is written on its pages will drop dead in 40 seconds.
Light decides to use the notebook to launch a one-man campaign to cleanse the world of criminals. If he succeeds, he will create a perfect society.
As criminals start dropping like flies, the police invite the shadowy government agent L - known as the best and most mysterious inspector in the world - to investigate the puzzling deaths.
