<DIV>Well, it's what you can expect from a Luc Besson production (lots of action and dumb comedy). If you didn't like Taxi or Transporter, you probably won't like Wasabi ;)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Besson's EuropaCorps and Canal+ are the main companies, but there are a few Japanese production companies listed in the credits, so it seems to be the genuine article.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim.<BR><BR><B><I>Ariane Beldi <ariane.beldi@deckpoint.ch></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140051620-18012006><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Really? When it came out in France (and Switzerland), if I remember well, many critics were pretty negative about it. I guess, I'll have to give it a try...Is it really a Japanese-French co-production, or just a French production using some Japanes!
e actors?
That is my souvenir from the ads they ran when the movies came out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140051620-18012006><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140051620-18012006><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Ariane Beldi</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140051620-18012006><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Geneva, Switzerland</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140051620-18012006><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><A href="http://beldi.userhome.ch/AB">http://beldi.userhome.ch/AB</A> </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=fr dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>De :</B> owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] <B>De la part de</B> Jim Harper<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> mercredi, 18. janvier 2006 20:05<BR><B>Ŕ :</B>
KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: Call for papers in Barcelona and Help<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>On a coincidental note, I'm just watching 'Wasabi', a Japanese-French co-production. It's very much a pop culture view of Japan, but it's a Luc Besson production starring Jean Reno, which means it's probably one of the most high-profile European-Japanese co-productions of recent years.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim.<BR><BR><B><I>LORENZO JAVIER TORRES HORTELANO <ljtorres@hum.uc3m.es></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Dear kinejaps:<BR><BR>Some of you (the European above all) might know an interesting<BR>Call for Papers about "Cine Europeo Contemporáneo" (Second International<BR>Congress on Contemporary European Cinema) to celebrate next June in<BR>Barcelona (http://www.upf.es/cinemaeuropeu/english/inici_e.htm). <BR><BR>I was there last yea!
r and it
was quite interesting. May be I'm<BR>coming again this year. I'd like to make something about relationships<BR>or interaction b! etween European and Japanese (Eastern) contemporary<BR>cinema so, what comes to your mind? Any particular ideas about movies,<BR>books, webs, etc., that could help me? <BR><BR>Thanks in advance.<BR><BR>Lorenzo J. Torres<BR>Universidad Rey Juan Carlos<BR>Madrid, Spain<BR>34-657565507<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>http://www.flipsidemovies.com<BR>http://jimharper.blogspot.com <div> <HR SIZE=1> <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Messenger</A> <FONT color=red>NEW</FONT> - crystal clear PC to PC <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com">calling worldwide with voicemail </A></FONT><SPAN> </SPAN> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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