# Death Note: Light Up the NEW World (2016)

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**Original title**: *デスノート, Light up the NEW world*
**Runtime**: 134 min
**Genres**: Crime, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Shinsuke Sato
**Written by**: Katsunari Mano
**Starring**: Masahiro Higashide, Sosuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda, Erika Toda, Mina Fujii, Rina Kawaei

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tokyo, winter fog clinging to a shattered smartphone screen.  
Seven investigators trace bloodless killings linked by digital ghosts and notebooks that kill.  
Like a neon-lit *Parallax View* directed by a hacker with a god complex.

**Mood tags**: mindfuck, neon-soaked, paranoid

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