亭台楼阁

山姆深爱的未婚妻琳达，琳达却移情别恋毅然与他分手了。山姆没想到自己的无限量牺牲换不来女友的珍惜。山姆不愿就此放手，于是他在琳达与新男友安东尼的新居附近租下了房子，企图日夜监视琳达的生活，继续了解琳达是生活并希望琳达会有回心转意的一天。 　　山姆认识了邻居玛姬，原来玛姬也是在监视自己的前男友，她的前男友竟然是琳达的新欢安东尼。两人竟然会一起通过望远镜看到了自己的前女友与前男友的缠绵生活，愤怒不已的玛姬竟然想到要联合山姆一起报复安东尼……。刚刚成年的Yoyo有众多的追求者，所以总是充满自信，觉得自己魅力非凡。她应父母的要求到英国跟指腹为婚的张十三完婚。两人对这种荒谬的事情深感厌烦，却又无法违背长辈的意思，于是两人假扮结婚，一年后自动离婚。 张十三把外婆的家传宝带到香港给Yoyo，Yoyo为了留下十三收取房租，便告诉十三到自己就读的女校任教，可以有助他为自己的硕士命题收集材料。 十三帮Yoyo结识男孩子，Yoyo失恋，十三帮她治疗情伤，最终两人也发生了关系。相处多时后，两人恋上了彼此，但Yoyo的体育老师也爱上了十三，到底十三要如何选择呢？。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.。