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Wasabi

2001 · 94 min · Director: Gérard Krawczyk ★ IMDb 6.6 · 46,484 ratings

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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. There he mets his former colleague Momo and his daughter Yumi who he did not know was ever born. Hubert eventually finds out why his girlfriend left him and the reason becomes his and his new daughters problem.

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Emotional fingerprint

Wasabi (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Love. Genres: Comedy, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Humor
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Curiosity
Humor
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityHumorTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor39 %27 %37 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor41 %21 %39 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor47 %21 %33 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sadness53 %29 %28 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor53 %38 %34 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity51 %45 %33 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sadness52 %44 %30 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Sadness54 %40 %35 %18 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Humor54 %46 %38 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity59 %55 %36 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Tension60 %48 %40 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Humor55 %33 %46 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Humor54 %35 %36 %45 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity56 %44 %26 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Humor62 %43 %34 %57 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension68 %44 %34 %59 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Sadness70 %45 %23 %55 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Tension69 %33 %23 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Love65 %18 %32 %35 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Jean Reno

Hubert Fiorentini

MM
Michel Muller

MM
Michel Muller

Maurice 'Momo'

YO
Yoshi Oida

Takanawa 'Zébra'

CS
Christian Sinniger

'Le Squale'

AB
Alexandre Brik

Irène

JM
Jean-Marc Montalto

Olivier

VB
Véronique Balme

Betty

FZ
Fabio Zenoni

Josy

HH
Haruhiko Hirata

Ishibashi

MS
Michel Scourneau

Van Eyck

JB
Jacques Bondoux

Del Rio

OT
Osamu Tsuruya

Customs officer

AN
Akihiro Nishida

Customs officer

AD
Anthony Decadi

Son of the Prefect

YE
Yan Epstein

Jean Baptiste 2

LB
Ludovic Berthillot

Jean Baptiste 1

EF
Elodie Frenck

Secretary of the Banque de la Trinité

Details

Directed by
Gérard Krawczyk
Written by
Luc Besson
Type
Movies
Released
2001
Runtime
94 min
Country
France, Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 46,484 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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