If you loved Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1, try Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the neon soaked mood tag, and they sit in Animation territory. If that's the register that drew you to Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer is

Emu Hino meets Yo Hinomura if a virgin’s last wish turns a mob assassin into her protector, his art life forcing a deadly exodus through Tokyo’s underworld. Between pottery and pistol, a fragile bond forms under constant threat. One quiet girl turns a killer’s routine into redemption.

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