12 年前
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明正德年间，宁王朱宸濠独揽西南军政大权，并加紧了起兵篡位的准备。朝廷苦无良策对付宁王，于是下密旨，命南昌城内的秘密力量不惜一切除掉宁王。宁王怀疑南昌城里最大的帮会斩经堂首领京展便是秘密接旨人，于是大举剿灭斩经堂。遭受围堵的京展被迫暂时解散斩经堂，希望能以龟缩忍让来消除宁王对斩经堂的怀疑，却继续遭受宁王的围剿猎杀，逼京展现身。京展身受重伤被少女阿榴所救。京展为救手下跟真正的接旨人见面，协助对方，定下了杀王计划。宁王却是深藏不露的武功高手，京展不是其对手。宁王正准备对京展下杀手时，突然一把锋利的小刀插进了他脑后练门，他回头一看，出手的，竟然是他最信任的师爷丁默石。原来这一切都是丁默石的计划。。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.。