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Wasabi
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Wasabi is a 2001 French-Japanese action comedy directed by Gérard Krawczyk and written and produced by Luc Besson for EuropaCorp. Named after the condiment, it is set in Tokyo and Paris, where it was filmed along with locations in Japan, with a score by Éric Serra, and stars Jean Reno, Ryōko Hirosue, Michel Muller, and Carole Bouquet.
Rated R and running 94 minutes, the film had a budget of 15,300,000 and revenue of 10,366,360. It was distributed by Netflix.
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6.7Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.
Cast
- Jean Reno as Hubert Fiorentini
- Hirosue Ryoko as Yumi Yoshimido
- Michel Muller as Maurice 'Momo'
- Carole Bouquet as Sofia
- Yoshi Oida as Takanawa 'Zébra'
- Christian Sinniger as 'Le Squale'
Themes
- police brutality
- hitman
- handcuffs
- yakuza
- love letter
- police operation
- golf club
- brutal cop
- transphobia
- abuse of power
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
45,094 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gérard Krawczyk
- Written by
- Luc Besson
- Produced by
- Luc Besson
- Starring
- Jean Reno , Ryōko Hirosue , Michel Muller , Carole Bouquet
- Cinematography
- Gerard Stérin
- Edited by
- Yann Hervé
- Music by
- Éric Serra , Julien Schultheis
- Production companies
- EuropaCorp , JVC , Samitose Productions , TF1 Films , Canal+
- Distributed by
- EuropaCorp Distribution (France) , JVC (Japan)
- Release date
- 31 October 2001 ( 2001-10-31 )
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Countries
- France , Japan
- Languages
- French, Japanese
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $10.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- wasabi
- Genre
- action comedy film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Gérard Krawczyk
- Screenwriter
- Luc Besson
- Cast member
- Élodie Frenck
- Composer
- Éric Serra
- Producer
- Luc Besson
- Production company
- EuropaCorp
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Japan
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 420204
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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Encyclopedic overview
Wasabi is a 2001 action comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk and written and produced by Luc Besson. An international co-production of France and Japan, the film stars Jean Reno, Michel Muller and Ryōko Hirosue. In France, it was released as Wasabi, la petite moutarde qui monte au nez ("Wasabi, the little mustard that gets right up your nose").
The film gets its title from a scene where the protagonist, Hubert Fiorentini (Reno), eats a whole serving of wasabi at a Japanese restaurant without flinching.
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