视频简介
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.。影片讲述的五个故事就发生在纽约人日常的生活中。特拉布勒斯是一名心理医生，他的病人桑的在经历911事件后，对周围的人、事感到愤怒和失望。特拉布勒斯运用自己独特的方法重燃桑的对生活的热情。艾米基勒是纽约市糕点主要供应商之一，为了揽到生意不择手段，把他的敌手一家逼上了绝路……911事件后，美国进入了后911时代，所以这是第一部直接反映911事件后，纽约人生活百态的喜剧，以及他们对于那段记忆的态度。注意，它决不是对劫后余生的悲剧反思。影片讲述了各成一体的五个互不相乾的故事，表现了故事中的人物经历了911事件后的心路历程。幽默的手段挥去了这个主题下的阴冷和沉重，体现了编者不同凡响的智慧。。描述因冤罪而人生疯狂决定自行了断的男人和让人联想到雪女的谜一般的名流妻子之间奇妙的两人之旅，剧中也会描绘文学性、悬疑性十足的爱情故事。 北因被冤枉色狼而失业，被家人和未婚妻抛弃而决心自了时，因为电视节目而突然想到“在北海道吃了螃蟹之后再继续”，于是瞄准了在图书馆偶然遇到的看起来很富裕的人妻，闯入强盗，人妻的反应是“只要不粗暴，金钱和性欲望都会满足”。被远离尘世的态度和美丽所压倒的北说道：「真好啊，螃蟹。我也想一起去北海道。」。下定决心作诗的男人和充满谜团的名流妻子的旅途前方的东西是……。
