Crying Freeman is a 1995 French and Canadian produced action film, directed by Christophe Gans, based on the "Portrait of a Killer" arc of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami.
Despite being heavily promoted by Viz Media on Animerica magazine and reprints of the Crying Freeman graphic novel, the film was never released in the United States. Actor Mark Dacascos had mentioned on his homepage that Universal Focus (the company that released Brotherhood of the Wolf domestically) was to release the film stateside. No update on this report was made ever since.
One morning, while painting the landscape on a hill in San Francisco, California, a young woman named Emu O'Hara (Julie Condra) witnesses the murder of a Japanese Yakuza member. She notices that while the assassin stands emotionless in front of her, his eyes begin to shed tears. The assassin introduces himself to Emu as "Yo" (Mark Dacascos).
Days later, after Emu returns to her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Hakushin Society led by Shido Shimazaki (Mako) make their appearance at the local police precinct, announcing a war between his clan and the "Sons of the Dragons" - a
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