该片被誉为台湾“新电影”的开山之作。四位导演拍摄的四段故事(《小龙头》、《指望》、《跳蛙》、《报上名来》)构成了童年(小学)、少年(中学)、青年(大学)、成年(社会)四个人生时期(阶段)。
每个阶段都有相应的梦幻世界的快乐和现实世界的烦恼,只是随着年岁增长,两者比例会有 变。童年因某个好伙伴的离去而忧伤的小朋友(《小龙人》),成人结婚后的烦恼,可能会是因钥匙丢在房里只能穿着短裤在外面晃动(《报上名来》)。而青春期时被帅气强壮的大学生房客吸引了目光的女孩(《指望》),进了大学未尝不会变成另一种模样(《跳蛙》)。——人生充满多种可能,阶段的人生也没有好坏之分,只过就好。。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.。该剧通过王瑛同志的优秀事迹,艺术地再现了她在纪委的工作岗位上铁面无私,排除干扰,敢于碰硬的办案故事,也表现了王瑛真心实意帮助挽救犯错误同志的感人故事。通过王瑛与腐败分子岳迎久的坚决斗争,以及她对犯错误同志的关心与爱护,对老百姓的真挚热爱,对自己亲人的严格要求和挂念与无奈。讲述了一个党的优秀女儿,人民深深爱戴的好干部的感人故事。。