Crying Freeman (1995)
1995 film by Christophe Gans
- Released
- 1995
- Country
- Canada, France, United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Christophe Gans
- Screenplay
- Christophe Gans, Roger Avary, Thierry Cazals
- Producer
- Samuel Hadida, Brian Yuzna
- Music
- Patrick O'Hearn
- Cinematography
- Thomas Burstyn
- Editing
- Christopher Roth
- Starring
- Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra, Rae Dawn Chong, Masaya Katō, Yōko Shimada, Mako, Tchéky Karyo, Byron Mann
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Distributor
- Metropolitan Filmexport
- Based on
- Crying Freeman
- Set in
- San Francisco, Japan
Crying Freeman is a 1995 action film, based on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami. It is directed and co-written by Christophe Gans in his solo directorial debut and stars Mark Dacascos in the title role, a brainwashed assassin for a Triad secret society, who sheds a tear for every victim he kills. Tchéky Karyo, Julie Condra, Byron Mann, Masaya Kato, Yoko Shimada, and Mako play supporting roles.
The film was an international co-production between France, Canada, and Japan, and was filmed on location in British Columbia in October 1994. Despite being heavily promoted by Viz Media in Animerica magazine and reprints of the Crying Freeman graphic novel, the film was not released in the United States until November 2018 on Amazon Prime Video.
Cast
- Mark Dacascos
- Julie Condra
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Masaya Katō
- Yōko Shimada
- Mako
- Tchéky Karyo
- Byron Mann
- Paul McGillion
- Hiro Kanagawa
More films directed by Christophe Gans
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q657981 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.