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.。莎拉波娃自传纪录片《The Point》于6月20日登陆iTunes。用莎娃的话来说,这部纪录片将展现其“生活最真实的一面”,是关于她在被禁赛15个月期间的点滴。 由于伤病,莎娃将缺席今年的草地赛季。不过球迷们对这部纪录片也很是期待。去年3月,俄罗斯姑娘召开新闻发布会,承认误服禁药。她随后遭到禁赛处罚,最终禁赛期限为15个月,直到今年4月的斯图加特赛,莎娃解禁复出。 纪录片梗概是这样写的: 是的,玛丽亚-莎拉波娃是网球运动史上最伟大的球员之一。 是的,她美丽,优雅,谈吐大方。 是的,她拥有令其他女运动员望其项背的市场号召力。 是的,她曾深陷最终导致禁赛处罚的争议事件。 可尽管如此,玛丽莎-莎拉波娃真实的一面并不为众人所熟知。 用莎拉波娃自己的话来说,《The Point》前所未有地近距离展现她生命中最关键的一年。影片从莎娃收到禁赛通知那一刻开始,引领...。