Kazuo Koike
Director
Crying Freeman (1988)
Season 1
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."
Released Nov. 25, 1988
Episode 52 min
17+
Genres: Action, Animation, Anime, Anime: Martial Arts, Anime: Seinen, Crime, Drama
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Watch Providers: RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Retrocrush, Plex, Cineverse, Plex ChannelFawesome
Production Companies: Aies, SEGA, Toei Video Company, Ltd.
3.7
S1E1 - Portrait of a Killer
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.
Nov. 25, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - Shades of Death: Fusei Kakurei (1)
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.
Sept. 22, 1989, midnight
S1E3 - Shades of Death: Eternal Love (2)
Emu is kidnapped by 108 Dragon operatives, tortured and threatened with rape. Freeman's plane gets hijacked by Askari agents.
June 22, 1990, midnight
S1E4 - A Taste of Revenge: Oshu Tohgoku
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.
Oct. 25, 1991, midnight
S1E5 - Abduction in Chinatown: Battlefield of Kishibojin
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.).
Nov. 25, 1992, midnight
S1E6 - The Russian Connection: The Light in the Darkness
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.
Feb. 25, 1994, midnight
Episode Runtime: 52 min.
Season Runtime: 312 min.
Released: Nov. 25, 1988
Last Air Date: Feb. 25, 1994, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 18 / 17+
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