Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

60 mins | Animation | Sept. 1, 1988

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?

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

60 mins | Animation | Sept. 1, 1988

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
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?
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Toei Animation, Aies
Original title Crying フリーマン
Directors Daisuke Nishio
Writers Higashi Shimizu

Cast

Chiharu Kataishi

as Emu Hino/Hǔ Qinglán

Toshio Furukawa

as Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman

Kōhei Miyauchi

as Bǎiba Lóng / Lèi Qilóng

Masako Katsuki

as Kimie Hanada

Nobuyo Tsuda

as Hǔ Fenglíng

Ryusei Nakao

as Huáng Déyuán/Koh Tokugen

Takaya Hashi

as Ryuji Hanada

Yusaku Yara

as Detective Nitta

Daisuke Gôri

as Yakuza C

Kazumi Tanaka

as Yakuza D

Ken Yamaguchi

as Police B

Koji Totani

as Yakuza A

Masaharu Sato

as Police A

Masato Hirano

as Police C

Nobuo Yana

as Shudo Shimazaki

Yasuo Tanaka

as Sergeant

Yukitoshi Hori

as Yakuza B

Yumi Touma

as Mitsuko