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Cast & Crew

Christophe Gans
Director
Tchéky Karyo
As Detective Netah
Jerry Wasserman
As Chief Randall
Masaya Kato
As Ryuji Hanada
Mark Dacascos
As Yo Hinomura / Freeman
Mako
As Shido Shimazaki
Rae Dawn Chong
As Detective Forge

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Crying Freeman is a 1995 action-crime film directed by Takashi Miike. The movie follows the story of Yo Hinomura, a skilled assassin who sheds tears after every kill. Yo is a member of the Sons of the Dragons, a secret Chinese organization, and is known as the Crying Freeman. The movie takes place in San Francisco and Vancouver, and centers around a power struggle between the Sons of the Dragons and the Japanese Yakuza. Emu O'Hara, a beautiful artist, witnesses one of Yo's kills and becomes his next target. However, instead of killing her, Yo falls in love with Emu and spares her life. The film's cast includes Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra, Tchéky Karyo, Byron Mann, Masaya Kato, Yoko Shimada, Rae Dawn Chong, Mako Iwamatsu, Jerry Wasserman Kim Tai-chung, and Kiyoto Matsumoto.

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Crying Freeman is currently unavailable to stream in USA on the streaming services we have in our catalogue

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Crying Freeman include Léon: The Professional, Heat, The Crow, From Dusk Till Dawn, Point Break, Point of No Return.

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Crying Freeman was released in theaters on September 13, 1995.