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Wasabi

Year:

2001

Duration:

94 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2001-10-31

Filming Locations: Japan

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $17,560 (USA) (29 September 2002)

Gross: $81,525 (USA) (20 October 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Carole Bouquet

Wasabi

Jean Reno

Hubert Fiorentini

Ryôko Hirosue

Yumi Yoshimido

Michel Muller

Maurice 'Momo'

Yoshi Oida

Takanawa

Christian Sinniger

Le Squale

Alexandre Brik

Irène

Jean-Marc Montalto

Olivier (as Jean Marc Montalto)

Véronique Balme

Betty

Fabio Zenoni

Josy

Haruhiko Hirata

Ishibashi

Michel Scourneau

Van Eyck (as Mikhel Scourneau)

Jacques Bondoux

Del Rio

Osamu Tsuruya

Douanier 1

Akihiko Nishida

Douanier 2

Anthony Decadi

Fils de Préfet

Yan Epstein

Jean Baptiste 2 (as Yann Epstein)

Ludovic Berthillot

Jean Baptiste 1

Elodie Frenck

Secretaire Banque de la Trinité (as Élodie Frenck)

Dorothée Brière

Hôtesse de l'air

Stefan Nelet

Jeune banquier (as Stefan Sao Nelet)

Karine Stoffer

Danseuse

Yuki Sakai

Miko Kobayashi

Massaro Nagahishi

Commissaire Avion

Makiko Kishi

Secrétaire Ishibashi

Kinshiro Oyama

Commissaire Japonais

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

(as Kee)

Hiroko Maki

Tomo Fukui

Receptionisste

Kazumasa Seki

Garde Katama 1

Seiji Mori

Garde Katama 2

Syuntarou Date

Furuo Geiri

Tenmei Basara

Kei Kagaya

Toshihiro Ogura

Koukhi Itagaki

Kiyoshi Iwata

Koushirou Honda

Ukon Urota

Tooru Edomatsu

Hiroshi Urushiyama

Kazuoki Takahashi

Hiroyuki Ootsuki

Kouji Toyota

Lukas Delcourt

Clubber

Shunsuke Itô

Junko Murakami

Miko Kobayashi (voice)

Takashi Ishii

Rebel #2 (uncredited)

Yuji Yamashita

Rebel #1 (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The wall art that Yumi envisions for her room was taken directly from liner notes of The Prodigy's album 'Music for the Jilted Generation' which features the song "Voodoo People" that was used in this movie.

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In the arcade, the game that all the young characters convince Hubert ('Jean Reno') to play is "Dance Dance Revolution". Before you see the DDR machine (it's a 5th Mix), many of the other music-related games that are shown are also part of the Bemani series, including Beatmania and many others. The song that the characters play is 'Dive' by BeForU, and Jean Reno's character does fail on the easiest difficulty level (Basic Mode, known in more recent generations of the game as Light Mode).

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Goofs

There is a scene where Hubert tips the bellhop. Tipping is not customary in Japan, and unless they have worked with Westerners for a long time, most Japanese feel uncomfortable receiving gratuities.

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After arriving in Tokyo, Hubert asks Momo to drive him to Shinjuku district to meet the lawyer. However, the following scene shows Hubert getting out of the car at Akihabara (the famous electronics shopping district) which is on the other side of Tokyo. This is evident by the iconic Akihabara pedestrian crossing under the green train bridge where he gets off. Later on, Hubert again leaves "Shinjuku" from what is clearly Akihabara and its electronics shops in the background.

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When Momo transfers the money from the bank in Tokyo to Hubert's account the Bank name reads BDF instead of BFD (Banque Française de Depot, Tokyo) on the Computer Screen.

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Quotes

Maurice 'Momo': We were here in the 80's to watch the Russians. I can't tell you the trouble we made.

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Sofia: You're wearing cologne?

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Yumi Yoshimido: I never spend more than I have.

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