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Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman

Lust, Larceny and Loyalty...

19887.41 Season6 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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."

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Top Cast

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)

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Chiharu Kataishi

Emu Hino / Hǔ Qinglán (voice)

Themes & Keywords

assassinchinese mafiamafiabased on mangaseinenanimeoriginal video animation (ova)

About Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman is a action & adventure, animation, drama, crime series that first aired in 1988 exploring themes of assassin, chinese mafia, mafia, based on manga, seinen, anime. it stars Toshio Furukawa, Chiharu Kataishi. 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."

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