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.。1963年,在位于美国的伊利诺斯州的霍登平原市。阴暗恐怖的夜色笼罩着这座死寂的小城市,一起奇异的惨案就在黑暗当中发生了:梅尔斯家里只有六岁大小的迈克尔·梅尔斯(达格·法奇饰),残忍的用棒球棒将母亲的男朋友一棍一棍的锤成了肉泥,然后又将自己的姐姐以及姐姐的男朋友一同肢解得支离破碎、惨不忍睹…… 事实上,这个特别的小男孩儿在一生来似乎从面孔到内心就充满了深深的邪恶与仇恨。而令所有人万万没有想到的是男孩刚刚长到他6岁这一年便疯狂般地露出了他狰狞的恶魔脸孔。而每一年象征着“群魔乱舞”的万圣节似乎也成了他活跃异常的时刻。 根据美国当地的法律,未成年人杀人并不会受到警方更严厉的制裁,最终裁定将这个心灵扭曲的少年送到了精神疗养所进行看管。在那里,一个名叫萨米尔·鲁米斯的医生负责调教和看管恶魔男孩儿。从未见识过如此凶残的儿童的鲁米斯想尽一切办法接近这个可怕少年的心灵...。Kyle(罗伯特·斯塔克 Robert Stack 饰)、Kyle的妹妹Marylee(多罗茜·马龙 Dorothy Malone 饰)和Mitch(罗克·赫德森 Rock Hudson 饰)三人从小一起长大,Kyle更把Mitch当作最好的朋友,而Marylee也一直暗恋Mitch。直到Lucy(劳伦·白考尔 Lauren Bacall 饰)出现在他们的生活里,Mitch和Kyle都爱上了这个美丽的女子。Lucy在Kyle的甜言蜜语下很快就和Kyle结了婚,而还爱着Lucy的Mitch也一直对她念念不忘。另一方面,Marylee也一直想得到Mitch的爱。Kyle和Lucy结婚一年,却迟迟没有生孩子,Kyle发现是自己的问题,开始酗酒。而Kyle父亲的突然去世更让他沉浸在悲痛中,当Lucy告诉Kyle她怀孕的时候,Kyle认为那是Mitch的孩子,并打了Lucy,这时,Mitch出现了,并威胁要杀了Kyle......。