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.。大城市的独生女陈文婷跟随交往多年的男友罗浩回村见家长,意外发现罗家救助了一对疯癫的母女,在陈文婷的探查下,发现女人竟是罗浩的前妻,而自己正是罗家下一个待宰羔羊,陈文婷机智应对,最终救出这一对母女,一起逃离。。日军集中5万兵力对山东八路军根据地实施“铁壁合围”大扫荡,形势异常严峻。在敌众我寡的情势下,总部首长决定将部队、机关化整为零分批突围。祁政委为确保保育院安全,强行派在上次战斗中负重伤现在又急于返回战斗部队的“神枪手”赵大鲁前去协助保育院安全突围。但赵大鲁与保育院院长王维若在转移路线与如何管理孩子的问题发生了严重的分歧。经过一段时间的相处他渐渐的理解了王维若作为女人的伟大,王维若也逐渐体会到了赵大鲁的人格魅力。保育院在赵大鲁的带领下,历尽千辛万苦,几次死里逃生,终还是被日军包围。危机时刻,祁政委率领的骑兵营赶到营救,孩子们一个不少的与亲人团聚了。。