2012 Japanese film
Like Someone in Love
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Theatrical release poster
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Directed by
| Abbas Kiarostami
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Written by
| Abbas Kiarostami
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Produced by
| Kenzo Horikoshi
Marin Karmitz
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Starring
| Rin Takanashi
Tadashi Okuno
Ry? Kase
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Cinematography
| Katsumi Yanagishima
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Edited by
| Bahman Kiarostami
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Production
companies
| MK2
Eurospace
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Release dates
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- May 20, 2012
(
2012-05-20
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(
Cannes
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- September 15, 2012
(
2012-09-15
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(Japan)
- October 10, 2012
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2012-10-10
)
(France)
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Running time
| 109 minutes
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Countries
| Japan
France
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Language
| Japanese
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Budget
| US$ 4.8 million
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Box office
| $239,056 (US only)
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Like Someone in Love
(
Japanese
:
ライク?サムワン?イン?ラブ
Raiku samuwan in rabu
) is a
French
-
Japanese
drama film written and directed by Iranian director
Abbas Kiarostami
, starring
Rin Takanashi
, Tadashi Okuno and
Ry? Kase
. It was his final film to be released in his lifetime. The
France
-
Japan
co-production competed for the
Palme d'Or
at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival
.
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Plot
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In
Tokyo
, sociology student Akiko (
Rin Takanashi
) moonlights as a high-end prostitute. Her jealous boyfriend, Noriaki (
Ry? Kase
) is suspicious, but does not know about her work.
One night, she is assigned to Takashi (Tadashi Okuno), an elderly former university professor who is more interested in making her dinner than having sex. The morning after their unconsummated night, Takashi drives Akiko to school for her exams. While waiting in the car for her, he encounters Noriaki, who assumes Takashi is her grandfather and asks permission to marry her. Takashi does not correct Noriaki's assumption and assures him he is not ready for marriage.
After Akiko's test, the three drive toward a bookstore. Noriaki diagnoses a problem with the car, and convinces Takashi to drive it to the garage he owns, where he replaces a fan belt. There they encounter one of Takashi's former students; Akiko worries he will reveal the truth to Noriaki.
Takashi drops Akiko at the bookstore and returns home. Soon afterwards, he receives a panicked phone call from Akiko and returns to the bookstore to pick her up. Her mouth is bloodied, but she does not say why. Takashi takes Akiko to his apartment. Noriaki arrives, threatening them over the intercom and banging on the door. Takashi peers out his window to see what Noriaki is doing. An object is thrown through the window and Takashi falls to the floor.
Cast
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- Rin Takanashi
as Akiko
- Tadashi Okuno as Takashi
- Ryo Kase
as Noriaki
- Denden
as Hiroshi
- Reiko Mori as Nagisa
- Koichi Ohori as Taxi driver
- Tomoaki Tatsumi as Mechanic
- Hiroyuki Kishi as Takashi's former student
- Seina Kasugai as Nagisa's friend
- Mihiko Suzuki as Neighbor
- Kaneko Kubota as Akiko's grandmother
Production
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Production credits
- Associate producer: Nathanael Karmitz
- Associate producer:
Charles Gillibert
- Production designer: Toshihiro Isomi
- Costume designer: Masae Miyamoto
- Sound designer:
Mohammad Reza Delpak
- Sound editor: Reza Narimizadeh
Like Someone in Love
is a film production by France's MK2 Group and Japan's Eurospace. It had a budget of US$4.8 million. Filming was originally planned for April 2011, but had to be rescheduled due to the
2011 T?hoku earthquake and tsunami
. The film was eventually shot over eight weeks in October 2011.
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It was shot on location in
Tokyo
and
Yokohama
.
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citation needed
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The film's initial production title was
The End
. It was Kiarostami's second feature film shot entirely outside his native Iran, following
Certified Copy
(2010) which was shot in Italy in 2009.
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Reception
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Critical reception
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The film received mostly positive reviews by critics. It holds an 83% approval rating on
Rotten Tomatoes
based on 102 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. The website's critical consensus reads, "In his second film outside his native Iran, director Abbas Kiarostami maintains the mysterious, reflective mood of previous triumphs."
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At
Metacritic
, which assigns a
weighted average
score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 76 based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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David Denby
of
The New Yorker
writes, "This story, driven by undercurrents and oblique hints, is almost surprising in its circumspection." He adds, "The cinematography is clear and hard-focussed, and the editing produces long, flowing passages. This exquisitely made, elusive film has a lulling rhythm and a melancholy charm."
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