Wasabi

Wasabi

6.7IMDb Score
Released:2001-10-31
Duration:94 min
Country:France,Japan
Director:Gérard Krawczyk
Actors:Jean Reno, Hirosue Ryoko, Michel Muller, Carole Bouquet, Yoshi Oida
Production:TF1 Films Production, EuropaCorp, Samitose Productions

Overview:

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.

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