Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

The story

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?

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Crying Freeman OVA Collection

In release order

This film

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

1988

Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1

1989

Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2

1990

Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge

1991

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Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown

1992

Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory

1994

Cast

C Chiharu KataishiEmu Hino/Hǔ Qinglán T Toshio FurukawaYo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman K Kohei MiyauchiBǎiba Lóng M Masako KatsukiKimie Hanada N Nobuyo TsudaHǔ Fenglíng R Ryusei NakaoHuáng Déyuán/Koh Tokugen T Takaya HashiRyuji Hanada Y Yusaku YaraDetective Nitta D Daisuke GoriYakuza C K Kazumi TanakaYakuza D K Ken YamaguchiPolice B K Koji TotaniYakuza A

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M Masaharu SatoPolice A M Masato HiranoPolice C N Nobuo YanaShudo Shimazaki Y Yasuo TanakaSergeant Y Yukitoshi HoriYakuza B Y Yumi ToumaMitsuko