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.。鸣先生（英达饰）是一位负债累累的商人，他的母亲临终时托付了一个心愿。她在年轻时曾在一个音乐老师的带领下，与一群人一起经历了艰难时光，通过合唱来忘却痛苦，坚定信心。尽管后来被禁止合唱，他们仍然想出了无声合唱的办法，并约定将来再聚首合唱。如果自己不在了，她希望后人能够继续这个传统。鸣先生承诺会实现母亲的心愿，再次重温那段难忘的岁月。 与此同时，鸣先生因婚外情正与妻子艾老师陷入极大的矛盾和仇恨。虽然艾老师对婆婆的心愿表示尊重，同意帮忙重建合唱团，但她私下里却计划通过购买炸药包与鸣先生同归于尽。鸣先生经济情况岌岌可危，但为了实现母亲的心愿，他厚着脸皮向艾老师请求帮助，筹集到组建合唱团所需的钱。然而，这笔钱却被他的朋友德华挪用，寄回老家用于给姨妈治病。鸣先生面临的困境愈发复杂，内外压力将他推向了绝境。。
