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.。第43集《寅次郎的休息日》(Tora San takes a vacation) 导演:山田洋次原著:山田洋次剧本:山田洋次、朝间义隆主演:渥美清、倍赏千惠子、后藤久美子制作:松竹影业出版日期:1990年12月22日片长:105分钟票房:208万人剧情满男上了大学,离家很远,可是阿博却不让他骑摩托往返。长大的满男不希望父母的唠叨,要独立地处理自己的事情。这时他特别想念舅舅阿寅。 阿泉从名古屋来看望爸爸,可是扑了个空,爸爸跟随另一个女人去了对方的家乡日田。阿泉心中一直有一个梦想,希望靠自己使父母重归于好。在东京,阿泉见到了回家的阿寅,舅舅带着她去茶馆,听她讲述自己的故事。 失望之余,阿泉决定去找父亲,满男自告奋勇陪她一同上路。同时到达的还有阿泉的妈妈,陪她来的就是阿寅。在这里,阿泉看到了另一个叫杏子的女人,他让父亲自愿离开都市来到乡村...。江继威和洪欣欣同在七夕节去月老庙求姻缘,江继威对外表清纯的张小盈一见钟情,却因失神撞了想要偷拿红绳的欣欣,恼火的欣欣旋即对其展开“报复”行为,两人变成见面就吵的冤家。
两星期后,欣欣在戏台上吊嗓时,却看见了江继威的鬼魂,原来江继威上了张小盈的当,被卷入抢劫案中继而被灭口。不甘心的江继威借助电线回到阳间,且歪打正着跑到欣欣所在的剧院。他希望欣欣可以帮他回到过去,挽回自己被杀的命运。欣欣最终经不住江继威的恳求,和他一起回到了两星期前。。