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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   5,358 votes
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Director:
Christophe Gans
Writers:
Kazuo Koike (comic) and
Ryoichi Ikegami (comic) ...
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Release Date:
13 January 1996 (South Korea) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
Once in a lifetime comes the perfect killer.
Plot:
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Christophe Gans Writing and Directing Fantomas
 (From Beyond Hollywood. 13 May 2009, 9:50 AM, PDT)

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 (From toxicshock. 15 September 2008, 2:04 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Living work of art more (54 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mark Dacascos ... Yo Hinomura / Freeman

Julie Condra ... Emu O'Hara

Rae Dawn Chong ... Det. Forge

Byron Mann ... Koh
Masaya Katô ... Ryuji Hanada
Yôko Shimada ... Lady Hanada

Mako ... Shido Shimazaki

Tchéky Karyo ... Det. Netah

Kevan Ohtsji ... Takeshi Shimazaki

Debbie Podowski ... Customs Agent
Murray Lowry ... Head Customs Agent
Mikal Tang ... Koh's Driver

Jerry Wasserman ... Chief Randall

Tong Lung ... Shimazaki's Bodyguard
Kiyoto Matsumoto ... Shimazaki's Bodyguard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Crying Freeman (France)
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
Canada | France | Japan | USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
British Columbia, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Mark Dacascos and Christophe Gans choreographed the end sword fight. more
Quotes:
Shido Shimazaki: "The Sons of the Dragon" exist! And so does the Freeman! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Chuen jik sat sau (2001) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Living work of art, 27 January 2003
7/10
Author: Jeroen Besseling (rudebuzztard@hotmail.com) from Heemskerk, Holland

This movie is brilliant, it's just the way action movies should be. Not about explosions, stunts or violence, but brought with a certain pain, desolation and pure poetry. You can tell that the base for this movie lies in Japan because the movie itself is a bit like a manga movie. It get's really confusing of you are not focused and it's fast paced and in your face. And Dacascos is brilliant as well, he doesn't have much lines of texts (thankgod for that!) and his actions and the way it is filmed is truly amazing. The only thing that keeps this movie away from greatness is the lack of good music to go along with the movie. That and the fact that this movie is not about actors, but about pictures and action. But hey, you can't have it all.. I give 7 out of 10.

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