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Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
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Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

1988
Romance, Drama
TV Mini-Series
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. (imdb)

Directed by:

Daisuke Nishio
Daisuke-Nishio
15 total credits
Credits include: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest and Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

Writers:

Kazuo Koike
Kazuo-Koike
31 total credits
Early in Koike's career,served as a writer on Golgo 13. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made Lone Wolf and Cub, and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by director Christophe Gans.
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Ryoichi Ikegami
Ryoichi-Ikegami
12 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman, Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Dragon from Russia, Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 and Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
,
Higashi Shimizu
Higashi-Shimizu
4 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, New Cutey Honey, Sakigake!! Otokojuku Movie and Shin Shounan Bakusouzoku Arakure Knight

Starring:

Toshio Furukawa
Toshio-Furukawa
102 total credits
Credits include: Metropolis, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Patlabor: The Movie, Patlabor 2 and Fist of the North Star
,
Kôhei Miyauchi
Khei-Miyauchi
27 total credits
Credits include: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, The Castle of Cagliostro, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge and Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
,
Yumi Tôma
Yumi-Tma
41 total credits
Credits include: Tekken: The Motion Picture, Street Fighter Alpha, Ah! My Goddess!: The Movie, Pokémon: Pikachu and Pichu and Mobile Suit Gundam F91
,
Yûsaku Yara
Ysaku-Yara
54 total credits
Credits include: Tokyo Godfathers, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D, Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku
,
Takaya Hashi
Takaya-Hashi
27 total credits
Credits include: Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War, Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura and Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
,
Nobuo Yana
Nobuo-Yana
14 total credits
Credits include: Heroes of the East, The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode, Yakuza Graveyard, Street Mobster and New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
,
Ryûsei Nakao
Rysei-Nakao
40 total credits
Credits include: Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler and Dragon Ball Z: A Final Solitary Battle! The Z Warrior Son Goku's Father Challenges Frieza
,
Masako Katsuki
Masako-Katsuki
67 total credits
Credits include: Naruto, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Naruto Shippûden: The Movie, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison and Lily C.A.T.
,
Yasurô Tanaka
Yasur-Tanaka
5 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Guyver: Out of Control, Twinkle Nora Rock Me!, Akuma Shima no prince: Mittsu-me ga tooru and Rip Through the Darkness, The Revived Giant God
,
Chiharu Kataishi
Chiharu-Kataishi
10 total credits
Credits include: Armitage III, Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2, Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge and Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
,
Nobuyo Tsuda
Nobuyo-Tsuda
5 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2, Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1, Cutie Honey and Yuki

Franchise:

Crying Freeman

AKA:

Kuraingu furiman 1: Kira no shozo

Country:

Japan

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

1988
Romance, Drama
TV Mini-Series
Your probable score

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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Daisuke Nishio
Daisuke-Nishio
15 total credits
Credits include: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest and Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

Writers:

Kazuo Koike
Kazuo-Koike
31 total credits
Early in Koike's career,served as a writer on Golgo 13. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made Lone Wolf and Cub, and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by director Christophe Gans.
,
Ryoichi Ikegami
Ryoichi-Ikegami
12 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman, Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Dragon from Russia, Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 and Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
,
Higashi Shimizu
Higashi-Shimizu
4 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, New Cutey Honey, Sakigake!! Otokojuku Movie and Shin Shounan Bakusouzoku Arakure Knight

Starring:

Toshio Furukawa
Toshio-Furukawa
102 total credits
Credits include: Metropolis, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Patlabor: The Movie, Patlabor 2 and Fist of the North Star
,
Kôhei Miyauchi
Khei-Miyauchi
27 total credits
Credits include: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, The Castle of Cagliostro, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge and Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
,
Yumi Tôma
Yumi-Tma
41 total credits
Credits include: Tekken: The Motion Picture, Street Fighter Alpha, Ah! My Goddess!: The Movie, Pokémon: Pikachu and Pichu and Mobile Suit Gundam F91
,
Yûsaku Yara
Ysaku-Yara
54 total credits
Credits include: Tokyo Godfathers, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D, Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku
,
Takaya Hashi
Takaya-Hashi
27 total credits
Credits include: Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War, Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura and Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
,
Nobuo Yana
Nobuo-Yana
14 total credits
Credits include: Heroes of the East, The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode, Yakuza Graveyard, Street Mobster and New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
,
Ryûsei Nakao
Rysei-Nakao
40 total credits
Credits include: Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler and Dragon Ball Z: A Final Solitary Battle! The Z Warrior Son Goku's Father Challenges Frieza
,
Masako Katsuki
Masako-Katsuki
67 total credits
Credits include: Naruto, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Naruto Shippûden: The Movie, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison and Lily C.A.T.
,
Yasurô Tanaka
Yasur-Tanaka
5 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Guyver: Out of Control, Twinkle Nora Rock Me!, Akuma Shima no prince: Mittsu-me ga tooru and Rip Through the Darkness, The Revived Giant God
,
Chiharu Kataishi
Chiharu-Kataishi
10 total credits
Credits include: Armitage III, Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2, Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge and Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
,
Nobuyo Tsuda
Nobuyo-Tsuda
5 total credits
Credits include: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer, Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2, Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1, Cutie Honey and Yuki

Franchise:

Crying Freeman

AKA:

Kuraingu furiman 1: Kira no shozo

Country:

Japan
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