Wasabi (2001) filming locations

Paris 17e, France

Avant 1970, la place portait le nom de place de l'Étoile.

The scene : 6 min — General view of the Arc de Triomphe.

Paris 17e, France

Parisian hotel of four-star category, established in 1976 at 1 avenue Carnot, in the 17th arrondissement. Its building is in the Haussmannian architectural style.

The scene : 6 min — Hubert Fiorentini springs into action in front of the "Banque de l'Etoile," where hostages are being held.

Narita, Japan

The scene : 18 min — Entering Japan at Terminal 2 of Narita.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 23 min — Hubert gets out of a taxi on the main street and walks down a side street to reach the lawyer's office.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 47 min — Hubert checks into the hotel.

Fujisawa, Japan

The scene : 1 hr 6 min — Scene at the golf driving range.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 1 hr 16 min — The Wako department store appears on screen.

Narita, Japan

International airport opened on May 20, 1978, in Chiba Prefecture. It serves Tokyo and accommodates regular commercial traffic.

The scene : Entering Japan at Narita Airport.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Filming in the Ginza district.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Filming at the intersection of Sotobori and Harumi street.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Hubert takes his daughter shopping.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Hubert walks down a small side street towards an office.

Kyoto, Japan

The scene : Hubert descends from the Shinkansen onto the railway station platform.

Kyoto, Japan

The scene : Hubert and Momo ascend to the temple to clarify the circumstances of Miko's death.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Location mentioned, with no specific scene noted.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Location situated across Kachidoki Bridge coming from Tsukiji.

Épinay-sur-Seine, France

The Épinay Studios are a complex of film studios located in Épinay-sur-Seine, in Seine-Saint-Denis, and are among the oldest in France. Their origins date back to 1907, when industrialist Charles Jourjon founded the company Éclair, which became the third French firm behind Pathé and Gaumont in the 1910s. The studio itself was set up in 1913 and was then acquired by Éclair in 1914. By the end of the 1920s, the German company Tobis established one of the first sound studios in France at the same address, utilizing the Tobis-Klangfilm process; these neighboring facilities were absorbed by Éclair in 1938. The site long housed film sets and significant development and post-production laboratories, with its studios being taken over by the TSF group in 2009, before the opening of the nearby Cité du cinéma reduced their activity from 2012.

The scene : Filming at the Epinay Studios.

La Queue-les-Yvelines, France

The scene : Filming at the Château de la Couharde.