Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
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Emu Hino, a 29-year-old virgin, witnesses a mob hit and fears that the killer will now find her and kill her. Indeed, he sets out to do so; he's Yo Hinomura, a talented potter and artist who's been conscripted against his will to be the prime hitman for the 108 Dragons, a gang within the Chinese Mafia, who are determined to push aside Tokyo's local crime lords. He breaks into her house, and she asks that he make love to her before he kills her; she connects to his inner self, and he becomes her protector. Now he must defend her against the local crime gang, who have connections with corrupt Tokyo police. Will Yo and Emu make it out alive, and will the 108 Dragons triumph?
Status: Released
Released Date: 1988-09-01
Runtime: 60 mins
Director: Daisuke Nishio
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Animation
Original title: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Production Companies: Toei Animation, Aies
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Chiharu Kataishi
Toshio Furukawa
Kohei Miyauchi
Masako Katsuki
Nobuyo Tsuda
Ryusei Nakao
Takaya Hashi
Yusaku Yara
Daisuke Gori
Kazumi Tanaka
Ken Yamaguchi
Kohei Miyauchi
Koji Totani
Masaharu Sato
Crying Freeman OVA Collection
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
1988-09-01
Emu Hino, a 29-year-old virgin, witnesses a mob hit and fears that the killer will now find her and
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
1989-08-01
With the blessing of the 108 Dragons, Yo and Emu marry and receive new names, Ron Tayan and Fu Ching
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
1990-05-01
Ron Tayan now leads the 108 Dragons; Fu Ching Ran is his loyal wife. As their body tattoos show, he'
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
1991-09-01
Naitai, the evil head of the Great Bear God religion, hatches a plot to destroy the 108 Dragons. His
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
1992-10-01
In L.A.'s Chinatown, the crime cartel known as K.O. hatches a plot to bring down Ron Tayan and the 1
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
1994-02-25
CRYING FREEMAN: FINAL CHAPTER -- THE GUIDING LIGHT OF MEMORY (1993) is the sixth and last volume in
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