Crying Freeman

1995 102 min ★ 6.4 Action, Crime

A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader.

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Cast

Mark Dacascos

Yo Hinomura / Freeman

Julie Condra

Emu O'Hara

Rae Dawn Chong

Detective Forge

Byron Mann

Koh

Masaya Katō

Ryuji Hanada

Yoko Shimada

Lady Hanada

Mako

Shudo Shimazaki

Tchéky Karyo

Detective Netah

Kevan Ohtsji

Takeshi Shimazaki

Debbie Podowski

Customs Agent

Details

Director

Christophe Gans

Screenplay

Thierry Cazals

Tagline

"Once in a lifetime comes the perfect killer"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$6,100,000

Production

August Entertainment, Toei Video Company, Toei Company, Fuji Television Network, TFC, Davis Films, Ozla Pictures, Yunza Films

Reviews

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Gimly

June 21, 2020

★ 5/10

This is some pretty classic 90s, I love Mark Dacascos, and if you think you can sort of visualise in your head what a 1990s Mark Dacascos as an unwilling assassin with a mystic tattoo romancing a woman he was supposed to kill might look like, and go "Yeah that's what I like in a movie" then, well it is that, so sure, give it a try. But if you go "I only like good stories told in a three-act struct...