Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

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Audience Score
60
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
NR 1 hrAnimationCrying Freeman OVA Collection PosterPart of Crying Freeman OVA Collection
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?
StarringChiharu KataishiToshio FurukawaKohei Miyauchi
DirectorDaisuke Nishio

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Toei Animation, Aies
Movie Tags:
animebased on manga

Crying Freeman OVA Collection

Crying Freeman follows a Japanese assassin hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia (called the "108 Dragons") to serve as its agent, and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo. A quiet but complicated killer, Freeman reflexively sheds tears after every killing as a sign of regret.