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.。《嗨放派·生存实验季》将延续前两季重科学、重趣味,小切口、大情怀的精神内核,节目还将在拍摄模式和内容结构上进行升级,旨在打破现代生活与自然生态的隔阂,让“探索欲”落脚在真实的一沙一石上,让“好奇心”得到山海草木的回音。嘉宾在海岛上进行为期十天的生存挑战,引入当前流行的 BC 露营理念,主张简化装备, 依托自然,运用科学知识,发挥动手技能,回归露营最初的样子。在满足生活需要、创造生活乐趣的过程中,对话自然, 探索科学,收获知识。。两年前,盛知意和战司爵因为一场闪婚而成为了夫妻,然而这场婚姻却并未如盛知意所愿,因为战司爵在结婚当天就出国工作了,他甚至都没有见过自己的妻子一面,只是让助理去帮他领了结婚证。 两年后,盛知意在一个普通的夜晚来到酒吧......。