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.。顾蕾和彭苏是一对恋人。两人在蓝湖小区租了一套房子居住。一次偶然的机会,彭苏和隔壁801的周雅雅聊了起来,一来二去,两人竟然聊得非常投机。时间久了,彭苏和周雅雅彼此之间渐渐产生了情愫。彭苏和周雅雅的关系被顾蕾发觉,周雅雅怂恿顾蕾设计各种的方式图谋杀害顾蕾……。暌违四年,疯狂恶作剧的爱好者们再度回归,继续诠释自毁式恶作剧的精髓。本纪录片倾情奉献来自恶作剧先进国家的成功经验。连环计:先向车里灌入蜂群再用滑珠迎接逃出来的车中人;顺手牵羊计:帮助公马自慰,得到的液体不好浪费,喝掉了事;偷梁换柱计:把鱼钩从脸上穿过,用人当鱼饵钓鲨鱼;假痴不癫计:化装成老年人各种戏弄无辜路人;打草惊蛇计:把蟒蛇藏在海洋球中与之肉搏;美人计:在粉丝情书后面安装了机关拳头来一个打一个;声东击西计:扑克牌结合电椅,令受害人完全不知痛感因何而来;最终大计瞒天过海:假恐怖分子遭遇假出租车司机,整人反被整……当然我们的恶作剧英雄们依然彪悍,血肉之躯对抗公牛、玻璃、铁夹、防暴武器、水蛭、铁耙,看的连你也肉疼!。