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Crying Freeman: Season 1

6 episodes Premiered Nov 25, 1988 Updated Oct 8, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Portrait of a Killer

Nov 25, 1988 · 52 min

Emu Hino, a lonely and beautiful Japanese artist witnesses a Chinese man killing three men, then sees his eyes well up with tears. He tells her the story of how the 108 Dragons tur

S1·E2 Core

Shades of Death: Fusei Kakurei (1)

Sep 22, 1989 · 52 min

Yō and Emu marry in a Chinese wedding ceremony and are given the new names Long Tai Yang and Hu Qing Lan. Bai Ya Shan demands leadership of the 108 Dragons.

S1·E3 Core

Shades of Death: Eternal Love (2)

Jun 22, 1990 · 52 min

Emu is kidnapped by 108 Dragon operatives, tortured and threatened with rape. Freeman's plane gets hijacked by Askari agents.

S1·E4 Core

A Taste of Revenge: Oshu Tohgoku

Oct 25, 1991 · 52 min

Dark Eyes is confronted by the massive and powerful Oshu Tohgoku who rapes her and dumps her in the sea. Tohgoku challenges Freeman to a public wrestling match.

S1·E5 Mytharc

Abduction in Chinatown: Battlefield of Kishibojin

Nov 25, 1992 · 52 min

In Los Angeles Chinatown, Mr Wong asks Freeman for help to retrieve his kidnapped daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter after already paying the ransom to the Kidnapper Organisati

S1·E6 Mytharc

The Russian Connection: The Light in the Darkness

Feb 25, 1994 · 52 min

Russian mafia boss Nicholaiev and Japanese yakuza Tsunaike plan to cut out the 108 Dragons trade and Nicholaiev makes an offer to Tanya to help him. Meanwhile Freeman sees a woman

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