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WASABI (2001)

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Film details

Featuring

Jean Reno Michel Muller Ryoko Hirosue
Director

Gérard Krawczyk
Countries

France Japan
Year

2001
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Hubert, an overly-violent Paris cop, is suspended for accidentally hospitalising his boss' son. He receives a well-timed call from Japan explaining that his one true love Miko - who left him nearly two decades earlier - has died and left him her sole beneficiary. Hubert travels to Japan to discover that his 'inheritance' is an unknown daughter by Miko, a combative teenager named Yumi. Miko makes Hubert Yumi's legal guardian but this is where Hubert's problems begin: Yumi loathes cops in general and is convinced that Hubert raped her mother.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Hubert
    
    Jean Reno
  - Momo
    
    Michel Muller
  - Yumi
    
    Ryoko Hirosue
  - Sophia
    
    Carole Bouquet
  - cast member
    
    Ludovic Berthillot
  - cast member
    
    Epstein, Yann
  - cast member
    
    Michel Scourneau
  - cast member
    
    Christian Sinniger
  - cast member
    
    Jean-Marc Montalto
  - cast member
    
    Alexandre Brik
  - cast member
    
    Fabio Zenoni
  - cast member
    
    Véronique Balme
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Gérard Krawczyk
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    EuropaCorp
  - Production Company
    
    Samitose
  - Production Company
    
    TF1 Films Production
  - In association with
    
    Victor Company of Japan
  - With the participation of
    
    Canal+
  - Producer
    
    Luc Besson
  - Producer
    
    Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Luc Besson
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Gérard Stérin
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Yann Hervé
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Jacques Bufnoir
  - Art Director
    
    Jean-Jacques Gernolle
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Agnés Falque
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Ken Yasumoto

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