Lewis Thompson x David Guetta's swinging salarymen
A snoozing white-collar worker lights up the streets of Tokyo with some fun footwork in this curiously compelling music video from Caviar's Taichi Kimura.
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- Production Company Caviar/London
- Director Taichi Kimura
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Caviar/London
- Director Taichi Kimura
- Production Service Cekai
- Executive Producer Eleri Evans
- Producer Taro Mikami
- Editor Taichi Kimura
- Colorist Tim Smith
Credits
powered by- Production Company Caviar/London
- Director Taichi Kimura
- Production Service Cekai
- Executive Producer Eleri Evans
- Producer Taro Mikami
- Editor Taichi Kimura
- Colorist Tim Smith
It may sound odd if you've never been there, but the streets of Tokyo at night often double as snooze-stations for inebriated business folk - affectionately dubbed 'salarymen' - who can't face the journey home.
So forms the setting of Caviar director Taichi Kimura's weirdly wonderful promo for Lewis Thompson x David Guetta track Take Me Back, which sees the aforementioned slumberers form a snoring chorus line, captured through naturalistic camerawork and neon-loving cinematography.
“At first, I thought it was going to be a challenge for me to make a visually cinematic music video with a sense of humour…" explains Kimura,"but I believe we were able to pull it off on this one! I am very proud to make a video with such a unique concept in my home country and ever so grateful to make the visuals for these artists.
"Finally, I would also like to thank the Japanese businessmen who have a weak tolerance for alcohol and pass out in the street. This would have never been possible without them.”