视频简介
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.。二十年前，金哥一家三口从闹饥荒的村子里逃出来，母亲给他留下了“向前找路”的信念。二十年后，金哥长大成为一个生性乐观、不怕艰难的青年，他在城市里做工结识了五个青年——刚强的老张，聪明的郑君，粗笨的章大，有志气的小罗，千灵百怪的韩小六子。因为受到欺侮剥削，六人决定另谋生计，去修筑一条重要的军用公路。在村口的饭馆里，他们认识了两个美丽的女子——丁香和茉莉，几个年青男女日渐结下了深厚的友谊。 随着军事形势日益紧张，日本帝国主义加紧对中国的侵略，金哥号召大家加紧修筑公路帮助军队对抗敌人。另一方面，敌人收买了汉奸要求停止修筑公路。于是，金哥等六人被请去了胡帮办，胡老爷对金哥他们进行威迫利诱，要么收下洋钱终止筑路，要么挨鞭子等死……。
