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.。贡纳(朗尼·查维斯饰)为了挽救生病的母亲(罗莎里奥·道森饰),开始寻找掌握永生秘密的神话人物 — 水人。在得到神秘的当地女孩乔(阿米尔·米勒饰)的帮助后,他们一起前往遥远的野马镇森林。但随着他们不断深入,森林变得愈发陌生和危险。而贡纳的父亲(大卫·奥伊罗饰)是他们获救的唯一希望,他会不惜一切代价找到他们,并将在此过程中发现儿子的真实身份。。芙萝拉是一头再也无法表演的大象,因此马戏团决定将其安乐死。就在执行安乐死的前一晚,马戏团团长的女儿偷偷将芙萝拉带离了马戏团。然而,想抵达安全的地方,他们必须先翻山越岭、跋山涉水,同时还得躲避大象猎人的追杀。最重要的是,他们必须相信彼此并克服对死亡的恐惧。。