Hey! Say! JUMP's Yuri Chinen(知念李侑) To Be In The New "Hissatsu Shigotonin(必殺仕事人)" Period Drama

TV Asahi's popular period drama "Hissatsu Shigotonin 2014(必殺仕事人2014)" will be aired as a special drama this July, Hey! Say! JUMP's Yuri Chinen(知念李侑) (20) has been added to the show. He plays a priest to a Buddhist temple, he becomes an assassin after his loved one was killed. This will be his second time in a period drama.

"Looking back, the shooting for the drama was hard to keep up with but I want to continue to learn," Chinen Said. For the drama, he will be using a dagger to kill villains and he expresses interest in action drama like this.

The drama will star Noriyuki Higashiyama(東山紀之) (47) and TOKIO's Masahiro Matsuoka(松岡昌宏). 

Former KAT-TUN member Koki Tanaka(田中聖) was in the drama series in 2009, "It's a pity but I want him to do his best. We just have to adjust without him," Matsuoka said. Hideki Takahashi(高橋英樹) (70) to appear as a villain once again after his appearance in the 2012 edition. Sasaki Nozomi(佐々木希) (26) will also be in the drama as well.

Source: sponichi.co.jp