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.。女演员丽兹、玛丽娅纳和古尼拉在排练古希腊戏剧《里斯特拉塔》时,通过剧中人物的遭遇不由自主地联想到她们个人生活。这种联想使她们开始反思自己与丈夫的关系以及对男性的看法。丽兹的丈夫是一位粗鲁的股票经纪人,他要求丽兹离开舞台,留在家里。这反映了丽兹在事业和家庭之间的冲突,以及她对于丈夫的期望和对自己的追求之间的困扰。 玛丽娅纳与一个比她年长的医生同居,并有了一个孩子。医生勉强同妻子离婚,与她一起生活。这个情节反映了她在感情上的复杂处境,以及对家庭和职业的权衡。古尼拉的丈夫整天抑郁不乐,而她忙于工作和照顾五个孩子。她的生活看起来充满了责任和挑战,这可能影响到她对于婚姻和男性的看法。在巡回演出的过程中,三个女演员开始谈论她们与丈夫的关系,讨论她们对男性的印象和看法。。剧情简介:Dan Savage的半自传喜剧。围绕一个看似完美的家庭展开,当小儿子出柜后整个家吵得底朝天,当每个人都不再装逼接地气后,平静和谐的生活开始了新篇章。Martha Plimpton: 饰演Danny的妈妈Eileen,二十四孝好妈妈。她为自己打造的家庭骄傲,但事实上她的婚姻触礁,她的生活不再轻松愉快。Noah Galvin: 饰演小儿子Kenny,他出柜后,家里所有的秘密都暴露了,这个家跟所有家庭那样并不是那么完美的。。