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Release Date
• USA: Sep 27, 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 6, 2003
Budget EUR 15,300,000
Official Website:
Wasabi Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for some violence.
Running Time
1 hour, 34 minutes
Country France, Japan
Studio Canal Plus, Europa Films, Samitose Prods., TF1 Films, Victor Co.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy, Police, Teenage, Gangsters, Law, Thieves, Suspense, Culture Clash, Investigation, Detectives
Tagline: Quite Possibly The Greatest French-Language, English-Subtitled, Japanese Action-Comedy Of All Time.
Plot: This boisterous crime-cop dramedy is written and produced by Luc Besson and stars Jean Reno. Like THE PROFESSIONAL (the 1994 Besson-Reno film), it is the story of a man with a grim, lonely life and a penchant for violence who finds redemption in a needy, spirited young girl who forces him to have heart and save her from an ugly group of thugs. This time around, with WASABI, Reno plays Hubert, a Parisian cop who is handed a forced sabbatical when he accidentally beats up the chief's son. Simultaneously Hubert learns that his one true love, Miko, has died, leaving him her inheritance. He quickly travels to Tokyo to sign the papers, and learns that he has inherited Yumi (Ryoko Hirosue), his exuberant 19-year-old daughter, who is perpetually shopping, dancing, and laughing. Unfortunately, Yumi is being trailed by a tough bunch of Japanese mobsters who want access to her sizeable bank account. With the help of Maurice (Michel Muller) and an immense cache of weapons--grenades, rocket launchers, giant pistols, and golf clubs--Hubert uses some fancy footwork to bring Yumi to safety. Directed by Gerard Krawczyk with a thumping musical score from Eric Serra, WASABI is a bright, loud, fast-moving film.
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| Written by |
Luc Besson
The Transporter, Danny the Dog, Kiss of the Dragon |
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| Cast |
Jean Reno
Leon, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible |
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 | Carole Bouquet
For Your Eyes Only, New York Stories, That Obscure Object of Desire |
 | Michel Muller
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar, Train of Life, Deep in the Woods | | Yan Epstein
Totale!, La, Scènes de crimes, Petits désordres amoureux | | |
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