一間已經停業十年有餘嘅偵探社,由三位斜棟青年重新激活, 變裝成專為世界解決各類煩雜問題嘅事務所, 由偵測、尋人、尋物、運送、示愛、分手、㧜煲、教仔…… 只要唔係咩犯法嘢,佢哋咩委託都會接嚟做!。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.。修次和千濑本来只是两名普通的中学生,虽然两人关系比较暧昧,但是由于他们都不善于谈恋爱,好不容易千濑大胆告白后两人尝试进行交往。原本,两人的青涩恋情应该正逐渐走上正轨时,意外却发生了。战争毫无声息的突然爆发,敌人的战机像下雨般空投炸弹。而这时,一个神秘物体却出现在天际,敌人的战机被一架架的击落,一场危机暂时得到化解。而身临现场的修次,却清清楚楚的看到那击落敌机的神秘物体尽然是长着翅膀和巨大武器的千濑。原来,千濑是军方的秘密改造兵器,拥有不可思议的毁灭力量。千濑好不保留的把这些秘密告诉了修次,修次面对这昔日的恋人,到底还是无法接受眼前的千濑。两人普通中学生的命运也因此而改变。©豆瓣。