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.。四处流浪的青年平野信（永瀬正敏 饰）在某地邂逅风韵犹存的少妇土屋名美（大竹しのぶ 饰），平野为其所吸引，于是尾随来到一家商铺门前。这是一家小型的房屋中介所，由名美及其丈夫土屋英树（室田日出男 饰）共同经营。执著的平野为了接近名美，于是请求英树留在这里工作。 此后的日子里，两人的关系平平淡淡，波澜不惊。某个夏日的雨天，名美到一处房产寻找平野，结果两人发生关系，并险些被英树撞破。数日后，房屋中介所进行假日旅行，喝得醉醺醺英树四处寻找妻子，最终在温泉浴场看见平野和名美一丝不挂地泡在池中洗澡。英树恼羞成怒，赶走了平野。自此之后，平野蜗居在河边的一个小工厂里工作，当他和名美再次相遇时，心中已对英树产生了杀意……。青年段志高来到小桥车站学习锻炼。小桥站全体员工在站长“老解决”的带领下辛勤工作，并和附近公社亲如一家。但是，段志高热情有余、经验不足，常好心办坏事。这让即将退休的老站务员“老怀表”看不过去。站长“老解决” 生产队妇女队长胖大嫂有心相爱，但却不好意思主动表白。扳道员“小发明”和在生产队的姐姐铁英暗地筹划利用河水建立一个小发电站，段志高积极参与计划。生产队在清理仓库时发现了一个废弃的发电机，老站长与胖队长商谈此事。“秦广播”误听了老站长的梦话后安排老站长与胖队长会面，两人虽然话不对题，却终于明白了对方的心意。小发电站发现成功，“老解决”和胖队长终成眷属，双喜临门，大家欢呼庆祝。“老怀表”看到年轻人的力量，觉得可以放心从岗位上退下了。。
