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Wasabi (2001)

Wasabi poster
Directed by
Gérard Krawczyk
Genre
action comedy film
Country
France, Japan
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 1,441 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French police officer travels to Japan to claim an inheritance from a former lover. He discovers he has a teenage daughter and gets caught up in a Yakuza conflict.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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