Shinsuke SATO 佐藤信介
Death Note - Light Up The New World
デスノート
Nippon Cinema ª
Ten years after the spectacular “Death note murder series” mysterious cyber terrorist attacks happen all over the world. The killers seem to be in possession of the supernatural death notes: every person whose name is written in this notebook shall die. A deadly cat-and-mouse game begins between murderous vigilantes and the police – packed with suspense until the end.
デスノート
Light up the NEW world
Japan 2016
135 minutes
Director
Shinsuke SATO
Script
Katsunari MANO based on a manga by Tsugumi OBA
Cinematography
Taro KAWAZU
Production
"Death Note" Film Partners
World sales
AV Visionen
Cast
Masahiro HIGASHIDE, Sosuke IKEMATSU, Masaki SUDA, Mina FUJII, Rina KAWAEI
About Shinsuke SATO
佐藤信介
Shinsuke SATO, born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1970, began his career as a short film director and screenwriter while still studying at Musashino Art University. After distinguishing himself as a screenwriter for films by Jun ICHIKAWA and Isao YUKISADA in the late 1990s, he had his international breakthrough as a director with THE PRINCESS BLADE (2001). Since then, he has gained recognition for the realization of numerous successful live-action adaptations of popular mangas, such as GANTZ (2011 / NC ’11), I AM A HERO (2016 / NC ’17) and DEATH NOTE: LIGHT UP THE NEW WORLD (2016 / NC ’17). He also directed the animated feature OBLIVION ISLAND: HARUKA AND THE MAGIC MIRRORS (2009) which won the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD in 2010.