Assassination Classroom (live-action)

Ansatsu Live Movie Poster — The movie poster

Assassination Classroom Live-Action is a live action film adaptation of Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga that was released in Japan on March 21, 2015.^[1]^[2]

The tagline for the film is "Well, everyone, it's time (a class) to assassinate."^[3]

Production[]

The live action film was directed by Eiichirō Hasumi. The filming was scheduled to began in August 31.^[1] According to the film's Twitter account, most of shooting parts of class 3-E's student casts have already finished by October 10. However, post-production of the film, which is related to CGI-created Korosensei still has a lot of work to do.^[2]

Cast[]

On August 27 it was revealed that Ryosuke Yamada, a 21 years old member of boys idol group Hey! Say! JUMP, will play Nagisa Shiota in the film. Yamada is also best for his role as Hajime Kindaichi in TV drama live-action adaptation of the manga, Kindaichi Case Files, The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo.^[1]

It also revealed that, former member of the K-pop unit KARA, Kang Ji-young was casted as Irina Jelavić for this film. This is her debut for acting a film.^[4]

The voice of Korosensei for this film was revealed in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump 17th issue of 2015. A member of idol group Arashi member, Ninomiya Kazunari will be responsible voicing the said character.^[5]

Other 3-E students casts were revealed via the film Twitter's account.

Cast List

Ninomiya Kazunari as Korosensei (Voice)
Ryosuke Yamada as Nagisa Shiota
Masaki Suda as Karma Akabane
Maika Yamamoto as Kaede Kayano
Seika Taketomi as Rio Nakamura
Mio Yuuki as Yukiko Kanzaki
Miku Uehara as Manami Okuda
Kippei Shiina as Tadaomi Karasuma
Kouki Osamura as Taiga Okajima
Takumi Ooka as Ryunosuke Chiba
Saki Takahashi as Hinata Okano
Yuuhi Kato as Yuuma Isogai
Kang Ji-young as Irina Jelavić
Anmi Okuma as Kirara Hazama
Jitsunori Uehera as Manami Okuda
Kanon Miyahara as Kataoka Megu
Ken Sugawara as Terasaka Ryoma
Yuji Takao as Takuya Muramatsu
Rena Shimura as Hinano Kurahashi
Titi Hasegawa as Taisei Yoshida
Arisa Sato as Toka Yada
Tanaka Nichinan Ayano as Hayami Rinka
Ryunosuke Okada as Maehara Hiroto
Shota Arai as Masayoshi Kimura
Ozawa Guami as Sosuke Sugaya
Yoshihara Takuya as Kotaro Takebayashi
Rena Takeda as Yuzuki Fuwa
Riku Ichikawa as Tomohito Sugino
Mikawa Yusae as Mimura Koki
Rynosuke Okada as Maehara Hiroto
Kaneko Umion as Sumire Hara
Kanna Hashimoto as Ritsu
Seishirō Katō as Itona Horibe
Wakana Aoi as Ayaka Saitou (Live action-original character)

Plot[]

The film opens with the Japanese military's failed attempt to capture whoever it is that has destroyed half of the Moon, which sees the death of the entire squad sent to capture it. Meanwhile, Nagisa Shiota, a ninth-grade student of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, narrates of how he came to be sent to the situation he is in: he is included in Class 3-E, which is reserved for delinquents and other undesirables of the school and is a laughing stock among the school. However, Class 3-E is actually a cover up for the Japanese government in their attempt to assassinate Koro-sensei, a tentacled creature apparently responsible for the Moon's destruction. The students have to assassinate him before graduation using either a special knife or BB pellet, the time when he plans to destroy Earth, but at the same time also have to study both academic and assassination disciples from him. In teaching, Koro-sensei is assisted by the government-affiliated Tadaomi Karasuma and Irina Jelavić, a Serb assassin.

Despite being fully aware that he is their ultimate target, Koro-sensei is able to bond with Class 3-E, who in turn regard him as their indispensable teacher. When asked why he took the job, he says it is done to fulfill a promise made to someone. Throughout the school term, Class 3-E welcomes three additional students: Karma Akabane, who has recently come out of his suspension due to protecting a former Class 3-E pupil from being bullied by Class 3-A students; "Ritsu", an AI-box displaying the form of a girl; and Itona Horibe, the also-tentacled self-proclaimed "blood brother" of Koro-sensei who is carried away from the school by his cloaked guardian after losing a match against the latter. At one time, Karasuma's position as P.E. teacher is briefly replaced by his rival, Akira Takaoka, a drill instructor-esque individual. He is challenged by Karasuma, who successfully sends Nagisa to threaten him, thereby expelling him from the school.

Before the finals, Koro-sensei promises that the top scorers of the five academic subjects (Chemistry, English, Home Economics, Japanese, and Maths) will be awarded chance to cut his tentacles, which will greatly slow him. When the results for the finals are out, three students are able to jointly top the Home Economics test, thus granting seven students the chance to cut the tentacles. The students plan the killing during the summer holiday, where they reminisce about their kind past teacher, Aguri Yukimura. Eventually, Class 3-E manages to bind Koro-sensei thanks to Nagisa's observation of his weakness: water. However, Koro-sensei transforms into a ball to avoid being killed. Suddenly, the class is interrupted by a vengeful Takaoka, who poisons several students. He agrees to trade the antidotes for Koro-sensei.

Nagisa and Karma team up to incapacitate Itona, now working for Takaoka, by luring him into open rain and subsequently cutting his tentacles. However, they are alerted by Ritsu that Takaoka has kidnapped Kaede Kayano and threatens to kill her unless Koro-sensei is handed over. With a trick, Class 3-E turns the table over and defeats Takaoka without giving in. Seeing that Koro-sensei is vulnerable, the government takes him and proceeds to do a public execution in front of his grieving students. However, he manages to survive the attempted killing and is allowed to continue teaching Class 3-E for the next term, with Itona now enrolling permanently. Koro-sensei then reminisces about the person he made his promise with: Aguri Yukimura.