Crying Freeman
Cryingフリーマン (Crying Freeman)
Demographic	Seinen
Genre	Adventure, Drama
Manga
Authored by	Kazuo Koike & Ryoichi Ikegami
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Serialized in	Weekly Big Comic Spirits
Original run	1986 – 1988
No. of volumes	7
OVA
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio Johei Matsuura Nobutaka Nishizawa Shigeyasu Yamauchi Takaaki Yamashita
Studio	Toei Animation
No. of episodes	6
Released	September 1988

Crying Freeman (Cryingフリーマン, Crying Freeman^?) is a manga and an anime (OVA) about an assassin who sheds tears after he kills his targets. Weekly Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at males 20-25 years old, and originally launched on October 14, 1980. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Toei Animation Company, Limited ) (JASDAQ: 4816) is a Japanese animation studio owned by the Toei Company. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... A human ovum An ovum (loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ...

The Crying Freeman manga series is renowned for its artwork and gratuitous graphic violence and eroticism. Crying Freeman devotes its pages to a study of the titular assassin, a Japanese man retained by the Chinese mafia (called the "108 Dragons") and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo. A quiet but complicated killer, Freeman sheds tears after each and every killing. For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). ... Eroticism is an aesthetic focus on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ... For other uses, see Tattoo (disambiguation). ...

From 2006 to 2007, the manga was republished by Dark Horse Comics into five volumes. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Plot Summary

Yō Hinomura (火野村 窯 Hinomura Yō), a Japanese potter, comes into the possession of some film showing an assassination by an agent of the "108 Dragons", a powerful Chinese mafia. When he refuses to turn the film over to them, they kidnap him. Hypnotized, he is trained as an assassin for them and his body is tattooed with dragons. He is given the codename "Crying Freeman," because he cries after a kill and longs to be free. // Look up Potter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Triad (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Triad Society) or (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Black Society, a general term for criminal organizations) is a term that describes many branches of Chinese underground society and/or organizations based in Hong Kong and Macau and also operating in Taiwan, mainland...

One of his killings is witnessed by Emu Hino (日野 絵霧 Hino Emu), a lonely and beautiful Japanese artist. Knowing he must kill her, she paints his portrait and waits for him to come. When he does so, she tells him that she is tired of being alone and wishes to end her life. She asks for a favor before he kills her - to have sex with her, so that she will not die as a virgin. He grants her wish, but finds he cannot kill her and they fall in love. The killing she witnessed was of a yakuza boss, however, so the yakuza want to find her so that they can find the killer. One of the yakuza attempts to enter Emu's home and force her to disclose the name of the killer, critically injuring her. Freeman takes her to the hospital and tells her to meet him at Hinomura Kiln, where he intends to part with her. Instead, she accompanies him back to the 108 Dragons, where he tattoos her with tigers and they marry. For other uses, see Yakuza (disambiguation). ...

The heads of the 108 Dragons decide to name Freeman as their heir. He is given the Chinese name Lóng Tài-Yáng (龍太陽 "Dragon Sun"), and Emu is renamed Hǔ Qīng-Lán (虎清蘭 "Tiger Pure-Orchid"), as both pass the tests given to them. It's not as easy as that, however, as they must contend with challenges on the inside for leadership from Bái-Yá Shàn (白牙扇 "White-Ivory-Fan"), the granddaughter of the leaders of the 108 Dragons, and challenges from the outside from other underground organizations.

Main Characters

Members of the 108 Dragons:
Yō Hinomura/Crying Freeman/Lóng Tài-Yáng (voiced by Toshio Furukawa/Steve Bulen/Raul Aldana) - the protagonist of the story
. Emu Hino/Hǔ Qīng-Lán (voiced by Chiharu Kataishi/Edie Mirman//Belinda Martinez) - his female partner
. Hǔ Fēng-Líng (虎風鈴) (voiced by Nobuyo Tsuda/Catherine Battistone/Rocío Garcel) - also known as Grandmother Tiger, one of the former heads of the 108 Dragons
. Bái-Yá Shàn (白牙扇) (voiced by Dump Matsumoto/Barbara Goodson/Patricia Acevedo) - Hǔ Fēng-Líng's granddaughter who challenges Freeman for leadership
. Huáng Dé-Yuán (黄徳源) or KO (voiced by Ryusei Nakao/the late Jeff Winkless/Ricardo Mendoza) - A member of 108 Dragons and assistant to Freeman on his missions
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Live Action Films

There are two live-action films from Hong Kong, both made in 1990, based on Crying Freeman: Dragon from Russia (紅場飛龍) directed by Clarence Fok Yiu-leung and Killer's Romance (浪漫殺手自由人) directed by Phillip Ko. In 1995, French director Christophe Gans directed another live version, Crying Freeman, starring Mark Dacascos as Freeman. Clarence Fok Yiu-leung is a Hong Kong film director and actor. ... Christophe Gans on the set of the film Silent Hill Christophe Gans (born March 11, 1960 in Antibes, France. ... Mark Dacascos promo photo Mark Dacascos (born February 26, 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an actor and martial arts expert, winning numerous karate and kung fu championships between the age of 9 and 18 [1]. He has been featured in such films as Only The Strong and Cradle 2 the Grave. ...