Shûsuke Kaneko's DEATH NOTE (DESU NÔTO), w/ Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yû

The official website for Shûsuke Kaneko's two-part movie Death Note (Desu nôto) has just become functional, and there's a teaser trailer for the movie on that site. (In the image on the main page of that site, click on the TV on the right, and then click on the power button on the TV.)

Death Note is based on the eponymous manga serial by Tsugumi Ôba (story) and Takeshi Obata (drawings). According to this page on the official website for the movie, it stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yû Kashii, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura, and Takeshi Kaga.

Warner Entertainment Japan K.K. (Wânâ Entâteimento Japan K.K.) plans to release the first part (zenpen) of Death Note theatrically in Japan in June, and the second part (kôhen) theatrically there in October.

For more information on Death Note, see ScreenAnarchy's fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.

Kaneko's other upcoming movies include God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (Kami no hidarite akuma no migite).

Death Note official website (w/ teaser trailer)
Death Note TV spot (downloadable 1.6 MB ZIP file)