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Like Someone in Love

Like Someone in Love

20126.91h 49mNR

Overview

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Written by Abbas Kiarostami
Produced by Marin Karmitz, Kenzo Horikoshi
Box OfficeBudget: $4.8MRevenue: $563K

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Top Cast

Rin Takanashi

Rin Takanashi

Akiko

Tadashi Okuno

Tadashi Okuno

Takashi

Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Noriaki

Denden

Denden

Hiroshi

Ryota Nakanishi

Ryota Nakanishi

R

Reiko Mori

Nagisa

K

Kaneko Kubota

Akiko's Grandmother

M

Mihoko Suzuki

The Neighbor

Hiroyuki Kishi

Hiroyuki Kishi

Koichi Ohori

Koichi Ohori

The Taxi Driver

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Themes & Keywords

prostituteprostitutionwidower

About Like Someone in Love

Like Someone in Love is a drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of prostitute, prostitution, widower. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami, it stars Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryo Kase. An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.

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