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.。罗拉（弗兰卡•波滕特 饰）和曼尼（莫里兹•克雷多 饰）是一对年轻的恋人，其中曼尼是一个不务正业的小混混，而罗拉则是相信“天大的事情有爱情顶着”的爱情至上主义者。 一天，曼尼为老大完成一项钻石交易，带着装有10万马克的钱袋等候罗拉的接应，然而罗拉的自行车被人抢走，耽误了约定的接应时间，曼尼只好乘地铁回去。在地铁车厢里，曼尼扶起身边的乞丐，同时，看见两名警察向他走来。慌乱中，曼尼下了车，竟然把钱袋忘在了车厢里。显然，钱袋被乞丐拿走了。此时距离曼尼和老大约定见面交钱的时间只剩下20分钟，如果20分钟之内筹集不到10万马克，曼尼就会被老大杀死。走投无路的曼尼打电话向罗拉求救，如果罗拉20分钟之内不能赶到，曼尼只能铤而走险抢劫电话亭对面的超市。 考验罗拉爱情的时候到了，为了在20分钟内筹到10万马克，救出曼尼，她狂奔在向银行家父亲求助的路上。。
