Plot Summary
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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Full Cast & Characters
Chiharu Kataishi
Emu Hino/Hǔ Qinglán
Toshio Furukawa
Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman
Kohei Miyauchi
Bǎiba Lóng
Masako Katsuki
Kimie Hanada
Nobuyo Tsuda
Hǔ Fenglíng
Ryusei Nakao
Huáng Déyuán/Koh Tokugen
Takaya Hashi
Ryuji Hanada
Yusaku Yara
Detective Nitta
Daisuke Gori
Yakuza C
Kazumi Tanaka
Yakuza D
Ken Yamaguchi
Police B
Kohei Miyauchi
Lèi Qilóng
Director & Crew
Daisuke Nishio
Director
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Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer was directed by Daisuke Nishio and released in 1988.
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Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1988-09-01
- Status
- Released