Crying Freeman, Volume 1

by Kazuo Koike

Overview

He is Yo Himomura, deadly assassin for the 108 Dragons, the Chinese Mafia. But to the criminal underworld who fear him, he is known as Crying Freeman, the killer who sheds tears at the fate of his victims. Young, handsome, sensitive, an artist, Yo has been hypnotically programmed by his Dragon masters to kill on command: he cannot resist his masters'commands to kill, his masters cannot stop his tears of remorse.

Written by the legendary Kazuo Koike, creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, and illustrated by the incomparable Ryoichi Ikegami, Crying Freeman is adult manga at its most challenging: dark, violent, morally complex, erotically charged, and regarded worldwide as one of the classics of adult graphic fiction. Dark Horse Manga is proud to present Crying Freeman, yet another of the jewels in the crown of manga classics, presented in its original right-to-left reading orientation.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630082512
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	12/17/2014
Series:	Crying Freeman Series , #1
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	408
File size:	273 MB
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About the Author

Kazuo Koike is a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist, and entrepreneur. Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.

Editorial Reviews

fWhen beautiful Japanese heiress Emu Hino witnesses an assassination, she finds herself drawn to the handsome killer, who begins weeping after completing his task. When he comes to cover his tracks and kill her, she asks him to make love to her first. He does so and is moved to spare her life and tell her his story: he is Yo Hinomura, a renowned Japanese potter who's been programmed and trained by the Chinese mafia to become their assassin. Yo has murdered the leader of the yakuza (Japanese mafia), and the yakuza know that Emu can identify him. He tries to hide her, but the yakuza are on the hunt. Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub; Lady Snowblood) turns in another strongly written and deadly serious killer's tale. Ikegami's artwork is accomplished and strongly realistic. Previously released in the United States by Viz, this edition features a new translation. There's a great deal of gore, nudity, and sex, and although the primary private parts are hidden by mosaics or shadows (unlike in the Viz edition), this is still for adult collections only. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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