Like Someone in Love
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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Cast
12 people
Rin Takanashi
Akiko
Known for
Killers
The Door into Summer
Tadashi Okuno
Takashi
Also in
Akō Rōshi
Hanabi migawari kubi no otoko
Ryo Kase
Noriaki
Known for
Letters from Iwo Jima
Outrage
Denden
Hiroshi
Known for
THE DAYS
Cold Fish
Mihoko Suzuki
The Neighbor
Kaneko Kubota
Akiko's Grandmother
No other roles listed
Hiroyuki Kishi
The Former Student
Known for
Departures
Reiko Mori
Nagisa
Also in
Sensei's Pious Lie
Rolling
Koichi Ohori
The Taxi Driver
Also in
My Little Lover - Minami Kun no Koibito
One Missed Call
Tomoaki Tatsumi
The Mechanic
Known for
Midnight Diner
Seina Kasugai
Nagisa's Friend
Also in
Into the White Night
Dollhouse
Ryota Nakanishi
Student (uncredited)
Known for
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Abbas Kiarostami Director · Katsumi Yanagijima Cinematographer Bahman Kiarostami Editor
Worldwide gross $563K · Budget $4.8M · United States release February 15, 2013
Box office
Budget
$4,800,000
Worldwide gross
$562,878
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
MK2 Productions
Production
Eurospace
Production
IFC Films
Studio
mk2 Films
Production
France · Japan
Produced in
The End
Working title
Languages
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
United States · April 11, 2012
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Japan · September 15, 2012
Theatrical
United States · February 15, 2013
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · May 20, 2014
Physical · Blu-Ray & DVD (Criterion)
United States
October 4, 2012 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 4, 2012 · Premiere · AFI Fest
February 16, 2013 · Theatrical
August 3, 2019 · Limited theatrical · IFC Center
December 19, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
May 26, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Harvard Film Archive
Brazil
October 26, 2012 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
November 9, 2012 · Limited theatrical
November 16, 2012 · Theatrical
October 7, 2026 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista ("Abbas Kiarostami em Retrospectiva" - 2K Restoration)
Canada
September 7, 2012 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
October 10, 2012 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
France
May 21, 2012 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
October 10, 2012 · Theatrical
June 12, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Centre Pompidou (Restored Version)
Germany
February 27, 2014 · Theatrical
Greece
November 8, 2012 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 6, 2012 · Theatrical
February 14, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
November 6, 2012 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
April 11, 2013 · Theatrical
Indonesia
October 14, 2013 · Physical · Blu-Ray
November 16, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Special Screening
Italy
April 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 10, 2013 · Theatrical
Norway
November 22, 2012 · Premiere · Oslo International Film Festival
Poland
July 25, 2012 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
Portugal
September 26, 2013 · Theatrical
May 13, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
Russia
September 4, 2021 · Premiere · Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Restored Version)
South Korea
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 10, 2012 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
June 21, 2013 · Theatrical
October 14, 2013 · Physical · Blu-Ray & DVD
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