Wasabi Movie Review 2001

This is one Japanese dip you probably won't care to sample. Hubert (Reno) is a hard-assed, violence-prone French cop, who is forced to take a vacation. He winds up in Tokyo at the funeral of a woman he loved years before. He also discovers he's been left a screechy punk daughter, Yumi (Hirosue), he didn't know about, a mysterious key, and 200 million (in dollars) in the bank. And then the yakuza get involved. High-concept and fast-paced but not particularly entertaining. French and Japanese with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from French, Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tokyo, Police Detectives, Yakuza, Dads, Culture Clash

Screenplay

Luc Besson

Cast

Jean Reno, Michel Muller, Carole Bouquet, Ryoko Hirosue

Cinematography

Gerard Sterin

Director

Gerard Krawczyk

Music

Eric Serra