视频简介
学生时代的爱丽丝（朱诺·坦普尔 Juno Temple 饰）是同龄人羡慕的对象，她的相貌和才华让长辈和朋友们有理由相信，充满了美好和成功的未来正等待着她。然而，直到踏入了现实社会，爱丽丝才发现了自己的天真，和约翰（迈克尔·安格拉诺 Michael Angarano 饰）结婚之后，两人的生活质量急转直下，连及格线都难以触及，幸福美满更是无从谈起。 就在爱丽丝陷入窘境之时，一只神秘的黄铜茶壶的出现彻底改变了她和约翰的生活，他们发现，这只茶壶能将两人的痛苦转化为源源不断的钞票。想要感到痛苦还不简单，就这样，爱丽丝和约翰在变身富翁之时亦开始了漫漫“求苦”之旅，可是随着时间的推移，两人发现，事件的发展逐渐脱离了他们的掌控。。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.。
