Wasabi
Wasabi is a 2001 French action-comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk and written and produced by Luc Besson. 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").
Plot
A woman (later revealed to be a transvestite), dancing provocatively to the enjoyment of other nightclub patrons, is abruptly hit in the face by Hubert Florentini (Reno), a commissaire of the French Police. Florentini drags her out of the club in handcuffs, assaulting other patrons who come too close to free the captive woman or attempt to hinder his exit. Unfortunately, one of these patrons includes the chief's son.
More details
| author | Luc Besson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris Tokyo |
| director | Gérard Krawczyk |
| editor | Yann Hervé |
| genre | action comedy |
| keywords | bank account beautiful woman captive woman capture fighting crime force french police good guy guard guardian inherit kill read rescue summon teenage girl true love unknown father |
| musicBy | Éric Serra |
| producer | Luc Besson |
| productionCompany | Canal+ EuropaCorp JVC Samitose Productions TF1 Group |
| publisher | Destination Films |
| recordedAt | Japan Paris |
| theme | action comedy dance yakuza |