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.
Audience Engagement
1,143 audience reviews — more than 97% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Wasabi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Canal+
Drama + Action in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Wasabi itself).
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
Wasabi holds position #129 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wasabi premiered alongside 79 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 34m runtime, production spent $163K per minute on screen and earned $110K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.
The 1386th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Wasabi, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- love letter · 4
- police brutality · 3
- handcuffs · 3
- police operation · 3
- golf club · 1
- brutal cop · 1
- transphobia · 1
- abuse of power · 1
- hitman · 30
- yakuza · 93
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 |