Crying Freeman (クライング フリーマン, Kuraingu Furīman) is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami.

A quiet but complicated killer, Freeman reflexively sheds tears after every killing as a sign of regret.

Yō Hinomura, a Japanese potter, comes into the possession of some film showing an assassination by an agent of the 108 Dragons, a powerful Chinese mafia.

Subjected to forced hypnosis, Yo is effectively brainwashed into acting as the 108 Dragons' principal assassin, but he can remember his past at the moment he kills, shedding a tear unconsciously each time.

One of the yakuza attempts to enter Emu's home and force her to disclose the name of the killer, critically injuring her.

[2][3] An English dub of the OVA was produced and distributed on VHS by Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom.

In the United States, Streamline Pictures produced an English dub of the first five episodes, which were released by Orion Home Video on individual VHS tapes from January 1994 to February 1995.