TV Asahi announced that there will a drama SP for
“Hissatsu Shigotonin 2014” this July. The drama will still star
Higashiyama Noriyuki,
TOKIO‘s
Matsuoka Masahiro, and
Wakui Emi. New cast addition will be
Hey! Say! JUMP‘s
Chinen Yuri. This will be Chinen’s second period drama after having done Cho-Sankin, which will hit the theaters this June. Chinen plays the role of an heir to a small temple in the countryside. However, he chose to abandoned the way of the Buddha after an important person to him got killed, and he starts living as an assassin. Chinen’s youthful appearance is a breath of fresh air in stirring-up the killer image. He also reveals studying
Kanjani8‘s
Okura Tadayoshi portrayal back in Hissastsu Shigotonin’s run during 2007 and 2009 to create that “cool, bad reputation”.
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