亚发(阿牛饰)从小就失去了父母,由善良的外公一手拉扯长大,患有自闭症的他虽然异于常人,却拥有着极快的手速和灵敏的嗅觉。建平(郑靖辰饰)、琳琳(练倩卉饰)和吉瑞米(李荣峻饰)是亚发的好友,一群人在一起度过了一段无忧无虑的时光。然而,亚发最终还是要走上社会的,为此,外公拜托朋友给亚发找了一份工作。 刚刚进入职场,毫无社会经验的亚发尝到了人生的辛酸和苦闷,但天性乐观开朗的他凭借着努力和勇气,渐渐获得了周遭的认可和肯定。就在亚发的事业一路顺风顺水之时,他却得到了外公病倒的消息,巨额的医疗费近在眼前,亚发决定靠行动守护外公。。该片讲述1930年7月,毛泽东、朱德率领红一军团从汀州向长沙进军途中,来到高安,开展土地革命。高安女子学校的6名富家女子毅然放弃了家中的优越生活,决定参军,随后跟随着毛泽东、朱德、周恩来转战南北,参加长征,成为“巾帼英雄”的故事。。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.。