一位年轻女子请求一名警察帮助她寻找失踪的妹妹。他们发现了一枚徽章,这件物品被膜拜恶魔摩洛克的信徒们觊觎。摩洛克是一个可能被召唤出来肆虐的恶兽,只有凭借这枚护身符才能将其制止。。内森(Nathan)的王国是一部科幻小说,讲述了19岁的流浪者劳拉(Laura)的成年戏,她不会向25岁的自闭症兄弟内森(Nathan)投降社会服务,她将他带到了一个不可能的任务寻找一个仅存在于内森想象中的虚拟王国,但事实证明它是如此真实;它永远改变他们的生活。为了应对破碎家庭的艰辛,劳拉(Laura)在年轻的时候就隐藏了自己的情感,并与自己任命的最好的朋友内森(Nathan)玩耍。他们一起发明了一个虚拟的避风港,称为“王国”,并彼此保证有一天能找到它。十年过去了,成年了。劳拉(Laura)带着内森(Nathan)住洛杉矶,而她是一名专业女演员,但事情并没有按计划进行。内森(Nathan)要求他们找到他的王国,并在她不遵守童年诺言的情况下对她进行报复。劳拉(Laura)在事业上失败了,最终对自己失去了所有希望。没有钱,没有生活的地方,一无所有...。Eburi is a 36 year-old man. Nothing enthuses him any more. While being drunk, he promises to contribute a story to a magazine. When he sobers down, he decides to write about the life of a salaried employee like himself who is very ordinary, not particularly talented.
The following is his story:
In 1949, Eburi gets married to Natsuko. His monthly salary is 8,000 yen and hers 4,000 yen. Therefore, both have to work to support themselves. Eburi has developed a habituIl tendency to pester around when he gets drunk. One year after their marriage, son Shosuke is born. In 1959, Eburi's mother dies in despair of her husband who has become listless due to the several ups and downs of gaining big profits and going bankrupt. His father is still alive and Eburi is enable to find a way to pay his father's debts. He is doubtful if he can make his wife and child happy. Nevertheless, he has somehow managed to survive so far, living in one of the houses at the employee housing quarters. He gives the title "The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman" to his story of half novel and half essay style. When it is published, it receives the Naoki Literary Prize (the award given in memory of popular writer Naoki Sanjugo). At a party to celebrate his award, he gets drunk and pesters around.
Notes
The film is based on a novel written in the style of an essay under the same title by Yamaguchi Hitomi, depicting everyday life of a man categorized as "During-the-war Generation" who spent school days during the war and get married to start new life in the struggling post-war era. "Everyman" in the title means an average salaried employee who makes up an overwhelming majority of the city population in Japan, and "The Elegant Life" indicates sarcasm on betterment of the standard of living of ordinary salaried employees accompanied with Japan's economic growth after only a decade from the destroyed post-war period. As depicted in the film, the author Yamaguchi Hitomi was awarded the Naoki Literature Prize for this story. When he established himself well enough to become independent, he quit working as a salaried employee. Director Okamoto Kihachi and the leading actor Kobayashi Keiju belong to the same generation as the author. Exploiting innovative effects such as inserting animation sequences, the film humorously presents compassion of a middle-aged salaried employee. Kobayashi Keiju, who was originally noted for his excellent portrayal of salaried employee, won the best leading actor award of the Mainichi Film Contest for his superb performance in this picture.。