Hubert 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.
Acting
Jean Reno's deadpan rage against Michel Muller's manic energy.
Direction
Luc Besson-produced kinetic chaos with French-Japanese cultural friction.
Score
Pulsing electronic soundtrack that refuses to let you relax.
Director
Gérard Krawczyk
Jean Reno
Hubert Fiorentini
Hirosue Ryoko
Yumi Yoshimido
Michel Muller
Maurice 'Momo'
Carole Bouquet
Sofia
Yoshi Oida
Takanawa 'Zébra'
Christian Sinniger
'Le Squale'
Alexandre Brik
Irène
Jean-Marc Montalto
Olivier
Véronique Balme
Betty
Fabio Zenoni
Josy
Haruhiko Hirata
Ishibashi
Michel Scourneau
Van Eyck
Jacques Bondoux
Del Rio
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Ryuichi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'wasabi' title refers to Reno's character's preference for painfully intense experiences — like the condiment itself.
This Besson-produced project captures a specific early-2000s era of French-Japanese co-productions that barely exist anymore.
FR
JP
