该剧主要讲述了拥有成功、复仇、孩子、爱情等各种欲望的四个男女之间发生的痴情爱情悬疑故事。。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.。新年伊始,小泉同学(早见明里饰)继续和大泽悠(美山加恋饰)、中村美沙(古畑星夏饰)两位好友奔走在品尝拉面的美食路上。这位秀发雪肤、甜美愚直的美女吃货无面不欢,甚至为了品尝异地的美食而跌入补考的阵容,这可令极度讨厌拉面的班长高桥润大为不解。在此期间,有钱任性的公子哥鸣门出现在拉面三人组的面前,他自诩拉面达人,蠢蠢欲动想和小泉一较高下。小泉本无意于这种幼稚的争执,但是针对“吃面是该安静还是喧闹”而和鸣门发生冲突。为了证明谁才是拉面达人,三味拉面大叔出面主持了一连串别开生面的拉面对决,而在这一过程中,班长也不小心被卷了进来…… 本片根据鳴見なる的同名漫画改编,是电视剧的SP版。。