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.。“人生路上步履不停，为何总是慢一拍”。 位于偏远小镇的横山一家，生活平静祥和。父亲恭平（原田芳雄 饰）是业已退休的医生，却时时牵挂小镇诊所内的事务。长子纯平继承了父亲的事业，却在15年前为救落水儿童而溺水身亡。次子良多（阿部宽 饰）与父亲意见相左，执意前往异地当起了绘画修复师。多年的打拼换来的却是失业，困顿的良多与带着孩子的由香里（夏川结衣 饰）结婚，相互扶持，继续生活。又逢纯平的忌日，良多和姐姐千奈美（YOU 饰）带着家人分别赶回家中。平静的横山家再次热闹起来…… 本片荣获2009年蓝丝带最佳导演奖和最佳女配角奖（树木希林）、2008年报知电影和2009年电影旬报最佳女配角（树木希林）、2009年每日电影奖最佳男主角（阿部宽）、2008年马塔布拉塔国际电影节评审团大奖和最佳影片。。
