Japan Synopsis
“For those who take their action raw.”
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.
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
226 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Wasabi sits at position #129.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Wasabi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wasabi premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 34m runtime, production spent $163K per minute on screen and earned $110K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,895 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,273 of 1,933 (top 66%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, France |
| Original Language | Fr |
| Spoken Languages | French, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Canal+, TF1 Films Production, Tobis, Destiny, EuropaCorp |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | October 31, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0281364 |