Emu Hino, a 29-year-old virgin, witnesses a mob hit and fears that the killer will now find her and kill her. Indeed, he sets out to do so; he's Yo Hinomura, a talented potter and artist who's been conscripted against his will to be the prime hitman for the 108 Dragons, a gang within the Chinese Mafia, who are determined to push aside Tokyo's local crime lords. He breaks into her house, and she asks that he make love to her before he kills her; she connects to his inner self, and he becomes her protector. Now he must defend her against the local crime gang, who have connections with corrupt Tokyo police. Will Yo and Emu make it out alive, and will the 108 Dragons triumph?
Unfortunately the movie Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Art | Mitsuki Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Directing | Daisuke Nishio | Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Iwai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinsuke Terasawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiyuki Shinbo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Watanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Kitano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinichiro Takagi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Urushihara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Motoki Yagi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Manami Umiya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koji Nashizawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirohide Shikishima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshinori Tanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Hamasu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masahiko Ohkura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shigenobu Nagasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fujiko Aoyagi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kagami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ikuno Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kouichi Arai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsumi Tamegai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Okano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Michio Fukuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Kitazume | Key Animation |
| Camera | Hisao Shirai | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kouichi Arai | Character Designer |
| Writing | Higashi Shimizu | Screenplay |
| Production | Akira Sasaki | Producer |
| Production | Naoko Takahashi | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Hamasu | Animation Director |
| Production | Tomiro Kuriyama | Producer |
| Sound | Hiroaki Yoshino | Music |
| Visual Effects | Kouichi Arai | Animation Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Koike | Comic Book |
