Wasabi on TF1 Séries Films: Jean Reno discovers he has a daughter in Japan

An inheritance takes a French police officer to Japan, where he discovers he has a daughter: Wasabi is airing on TF1 Séries Films. Jean Reno plays Hubert, an inspector with brutal methods, in this action comedy directed by Gérard Krawczyk.

Placed on leave after another altercation, Hubert learns of the death of Miko, a Japanese woman he loved and hadn’t heard from in years. He travels there to settle the estate and meets Yumi, played by Ryoko Hirosue. His former partner, played by Michel Muller, accompanies him in a case that quickly goes beyond the notary’s paperwork.

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Luc Besson wrote and produced this 2001 film, reuniting with Gérard Krawczyk after Taxi 2. Carole Bouquet rounds out the cast. The story combines a police investigation with the discovery of the relationship between a father and his daughter, in a Japanese setting that upends the police officer’s usual way of doing things.

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