COLLECTION · Series · 1988

Crying Freeman

Name: Crying Freeman
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Crime, Drama
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 7.4

Crying フリーマン

Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as the "Crying Freeman."

Source: TMDB

* 7.4 (8)ActionAdventureAnimationCrimeDramaJapan

Creators

Kazuo Koike

Countries

Japan

Studios

Toei Video Company · Aies · SEGA

Runtime

52 min/ep

Release

25/11/1988

Score

7.4 / 10 (8)

Where to watch

Streaming

Retrocrush

Eternal Family

Cineverse

RetroCrush Amazon Channel

Free

Fawesome

With ads

Plex

Seasons and episodes

Season 1

6 episodes · 1988

Episode 1. Portrait of a Killer

1988-11-25 · 52 min

Emu Hino, a lonely and beautiful Japanese artist witnesses a Chinese man killing three men, then sees his eyes well up with tears. He tells her the story of how the 108 Dragons turned him into the assassin, Crying Freeman.

Episode 2. Shades of Death: Fusei Kakurei (1)

1989-09-22 · 52 min

Yō and Emu marry in a Chinese wedding ceremony and are given the new names Long Tai Yang and Hu Qing Lan. Bai Ya Shan demands leadership of the 108 Dragons.

Episode 3. Shades of Death: Eternal Love (2)

1990-06-22 · 52 min

Emu is kidnapped by 108 Dragon operatives, tortured and threatened with rape. Freeman's plane gets hijacked by Askari agents.

Episode 4. A Taste of Revenge: Oshu Tohgoku

1991-10-25 · 52 min

Dark Eyes is confronted by the massive and powerful Oshu Tohgoku who rapes her and dumps her in the sea. Tohgoku challenges Freeman to a public wrestling match.

Episode 5. Abduction in Chinatown: Battlefield of Kishibojin

1992-11-25 · 52 min

In Los Angeles Chinatown, Mr Wong asks Freeman for help to retrieve his kidnapped daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter after already paying the ransom to the Kidnapper Organisation (K.O.).

Episode 6. The Russian Connection: The Light in the Darkness

1994-02-25 · 52 min

Russian mafia boss Nicholaiev and Japanese yakuza Tsunaike plan to cut out the 108 Dragons trade and Nicholaiev makes an offer to Tanya to help him. Meanwhile Freeman sees a woman pass in a car he remembers from his past.

Cast by season

Toshio Furukawa

Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)

Chiharu Kataishi

Emu Hino / Hǔ Qinglán (voice)

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Keywords

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