这是一部具有真实史料为背景的抗日间谍片。 1937年8月12日,"8•13"事变前夜,日军驻华间谍机关发布了一道暗杀蒋介石的密令...... 卢沟桥事变"爆发后,在战事一触即发的上海,日军间谍猖獗密布,国民政府国防部中校参谋、中共地下党员欧阳剑平,按照地下党组织领导冯先生的指示,召集4位身怀绝技的青年志士,秘密组成"5号"特工组。 这五人一路艰险到达上海,住进法租界,他们伪装的公开身份是"上流社会"成员,在杀机密布的上海,他们遭遇到了......。周谦(黎明 饰)是一名出诊医生,行事谨小慎微;小月(王菲 饰)在家公关公司作主理人,生活和工作一样特立独行,他们曾是一对相爱的情侣。小月接手一笔大生意,为即将八十岁的富商孟仕存筹办一场惊喜寿宴。小月为此竭尽全力,倾其所有投入到当前的计划之中,然而却在一次接洽过程中意外遭遇周谦。周谦是孟先生的私人看护,他从孟老的身体状况考虑认为小月的安排欠妥,小月认定是周谦从中作梗。孟老的助手马时法(陈建斌 饰)要求小月在一个月的时间内修改计划,而且递给他周谦的名片,让两个人沟通避免新的计划中出现错误。由相濡以沫到水火不容,如今又要变成合作者,两人能否再续前缘谱出美丽城市中一段新鲜的浪漫恋曲?
本片由黎明主演并担任监制。。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.。