Santé

Visual style Era 1985-1989 Tokyo Image texture 35mm film grain Neon reflections Night rain Warm orange streetlights Deep blue night Music atmosphere City Pop / Synth / Jazz / Soft Funk Protagonist settings Male lead Tokyo office worker Around 30 years old Clean suit White shirt Loosened tie Calm and rational But inside: Has a music dream / wants to be a composer At night he listens to music alone in his room. Female lead An intellectual office lady 28 years old Simple professional attire Long hair Gentle but independent She likes: Walking in the city listening to music MV plot structure Scene 1 City night Tokyo skyscrapers. Neon lights. A train crossing the city. Subtitle: Tokyo 1987 City Pop begins. Scene 2 Male lead Late night at the office. Colleagues have all left. He works overtime alone. A Walkman sits on the desk. He puts on the headphones. The music starts. The camera slowly pushes in. Scene 3 Female lead Another building. The female lead gets off work. The elevator door opens. She puts on her headphones. The same song. Santé Scene 4 First missed connection On a rainy night street. The male lead buys coffee from a vending machine. The female lead walks past behind him. Only a few steps apart. But neither notices. Neon reflections. Slow motion. Scene 5 Subway The male lead rides the train. Looking out the window. The female lead is in another car. The music continues. Camera switches: Both look at the night scenery outside the window at the same moment. Scene 6 Record store The male lead browses vinyl in a record store. The female lead has just left. The clerk plays a Tatsuro Yamashita song. They miss each other by minutes. Scene 7 City montage Night city montage: Overpass traffic Phone booth Raindrops Neon Trains The two keep appearing in the same space: But always missing each other by a second. Scene 8 The male lead's dream He returns to his apartment. Takes out the keyboard. Tries to write a melody. It is exactly the melody of Santé. Scene 9 Female lead She stands by the window. Listening to the same song. City lights reflected. She smiles softly. Scene 10 Fate approaches At a night street corner. A small bar. City Pop music is playing. The two walk into the same shop at the same time. Scene 11 Final meeting At the bar. The male lead sits on the left. The female lead on the right. They take off their headphones at the same time. The bartender plays Santé. They look in the same direction. Turn their heads. Their eyes meet. One second. They smile softly. The bartender hands them glasses. Subtitle: Santé Scene 12 Ending Night city view. Dawn begins. Voiceover subtitle: "In a city of millions, some hearts still find the same song."