Hey! Say! JUMP member Yamada Ryosuke takes his first film leading role in the live-action adaptation of mega-popular manga Assassination Classroom. Written by Matsui Yusei, Assassination Classroom has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2012 & has sold over 10 million copies. The story begins when a mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon & threatens to destroy the earth within the year. Strangely, the creature then offers to become the homeroom teacher of Kunugigaoka Junior High Schools class 3E, notorious for being the home of the schools least academically-inclined students. In reaction to this, the worlds leaders task class 3E with assassinating the creature, offering 10 billion as a reward for whomever succeeds.
Yamada plays Shiota Nagisa, a 3E student whose friendly exterior masks a dark & dangerous disposition. Physically unimposing & weak, Shiota nevertheless proves to possess the skills of an assassin. The film also stars veteran Shiina Kippei ( The After-Dinner Mysteries) as 3 Es P.E. teacher Tadaomi Karasuma, former Kara member Kang Ji Young as an assassin/foreign language teacher, & Suda Masaki ( Daily Lives Of High School Boys), Yamamoto Maika ( Kamen Teacher: The Movie), Taketomi Seika ( Hot Road), Yuki Mio ( Kami-sama no Iu Toori) & Uehara Miku ( Kimi ni Todoke) as Shiotas fellow students. Arashis Ninomiya Kazunari voices Koro Sensei.