Episodes
Portrait of a Killer
November 25, 1988
Emu Hino, a lonely and beautiful Japanese artist witnesses a Chinese man killing three men, then sees his eyes well up with tears. He tells her the story of how the 108 Dragons turned him into the assassin, Crying Freeman.
Shades of Death: Fusei Kakurei (1)
September 22, 1989
Yō and Emu marry in a Chinese wedding ceremony and are given the new names Long Tai Yang and Hu Qing Lan. Bai Ya Shan demands leadership of the 108 Dragons.
Shades of Death: Eternal Love (2)
June 22, 1990
Emu is kidnapped by 108 Dragon operatives, tortured and threatened with rape. Freeman's plane gets hijacked by Askari agents.
A Taste of Revenge: Oshu Tohgoku
October 25, 1991
Dark Eyes is confronted by the massive and powerful Oshu Tohgoku who rapes her and dumps her in the sea. Tohgoku challenges Freeman to a public wrestling match.
Abduction in Chinatown: Battlefield of Kishibojin
November 25, 1992
In Los Angeles Chinatown, Mr Wong asks Freeman for help to retrieve his kidnapped daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter after already paying the ransom to the Kidnapper Organisation (K.O.).
The Russian Connection: The Light in the Darkness
February 25, 1994
Russian mafia boss Nicholaiev and Japanese yakuza Tsunaike plan to cut out the 108 Dragons trade and Nicholaiev makes an offer to Tanya to help him. Meanwhile Freeman sees a woman pass in a car he remembers from his past.
