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1983年初，在三巴旺的村子里，有三位自小一起长大的好朋友：钟重光（陈之财饰）、夏德建（李南星饰）和林更生。他们服完兵役后，重光便留在三巴旺帮父亲的朋友黄海文；德建进入大学工程系攻读；更生则在一家贸易行任职。 重光自小丧母，父亲钟济平是个海员，常年在海上飘泊，因此便把重光寄养在海文家中，帮忙料理鱼塘事务。不过，济平总希望重光去市区工作，认为儿子继续留在鱼塘是没出息的事，故每次航海归来见到重光还在鱼塘帮忙，就会大发脾气，甚至迁怒予好友海文。 德建的外表和才能是三人之中最出色的一个，父亲夏卓棠经营乡间杂货店，生活算是过得去。母亲洪婉芳终日沉迷\"四方城\"。她和丈夫都以儿子德建为豪。 德建尚有个妹妹妙然，长得漂亮又朴实，是杂货店的好帮手，但因卓棠素来重男轻女，并不甚重视女儿的贡献。 妙然和重光青梅竹马，心中早已暗许，唯重光却没什么表示，使她颇为焦急。更生...。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.。
