身形高大的小鱼因天生怕水而遭女友抛弃,因此学习游泳以雪前耻。游泳班上的同学都很古怪,还有一个只在乎钱的教练,让他非常灰心。幸好班上有一个美少女同学,小鱼才有继续的动力。一队恃势凌人的泳队出现了,习泳最后变成比赛。小鱼与同学决心努力挽回尊严,在水中飞跃彩虹。。秦国太子嬴政(刘德凯 饰)幼时在赵国邯郸作为人质,过着辛酸的日子,美丽善良的采药女夏玉房(赵雅芝 饰)对嬴政无微不至,两人青梅竹马,就这样渡过了一段日子。长大后的嬴政回国继承了帝位,阿房也随父亲来到秦国,两人又在秦国重逢。嬴政虽然一心想立阿房为皇后,但是无奈实权在丞相吕不韦(古铮 饰)与母后(李欣 饰)的手中,自己不能如愿。面对其它六国的威胁,嬴政不得不采取了一系列的手段,使秦国兵强马壮最后成功吞并六国,就连阿房的祖国赵国也沦陷,面对国仇家恨阿房对嬴政的爱动摇了。最后嬴政虽然赢得了天下,但也永久地失去他最心爱的女人,只能修建了阿房宫以资纪念。。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.。