蒂米·允(兰道尔·朴)是5G 世界中的模拟梦想家。他把整个成年生活都奉献给了他的初恋 — 电影,管理家乡的百视达是他的第一份也是唯一的一份工作。 然后蒂米惊恐地得知,他的店是美国最后一家百视达。他现在别无选择,只能采取行动,努力保持营业,让他的朋友不失业。蒂米和他的员工很快意识到,经营最后一家百视达或许能够解决社区的需求,以重新建立他们在数字时代失去的人际联系。伊丽莎(梅丽莎·弗梅洛饰)成为了他的最新员工,这也出乎意料地让他和这个暗恋已久的人重聚。这场保护过去的战斗会成为蒂米迈向现在的动力吗?他的员工只能寄希望于此了。。多年以来,他们将自己与年轻得多的流行歌星兄弟ChaseDreams和他们的脱口秀主持人母亲进行着比较,而现在布鲁克和卡里总算完全“成功”了。然而,他们却不知为何发现自己将再次与新人进行比较?。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.。