He is an actor, but not a big, big, actor like many others. He is actually more famous in Japan than he is in his own country, because he has gotten older, and the parts pass him by. The lounge singer would never make it in America, or if she and her band did, it would be in small, insignificant clubs. She represents what Bob's career could turn into - second rate and forgotten, and so, she is somewhat like another form of reality and conscience for Bob. He knows it would be very easy to become just what she is.
There are many things that keep Charlotte and Bill from connecting. Their ages are quite different, and that is a barrier, although they do work through that somewhat. They are not really communicators, and so, when it comes right down to it, their language, their communication, and their understanding of each other is all undeveloped at best. They are two lost people trying to connect it a distinctly difficult world, and that is really all they have in common. They do not connect, really, because they do not understand themselves, and so, they cannot understand each other, the real world, or even the make believe world they inhabit as they explore Tokyo together.
At first, I thought he whispered that they would see each other again, and they would end up together, but clearly that was not so. Perhaps he told her that he loved her, but that would not make both of them smile, it probably would make both of them...
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