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美丽如画的乌镇和苏州，一九二四至一九三七后的几个春秋。 乌镇姑娘菊儿天生丽质、清秀可人，因家境贫苦，无力再抚养孩子，菊儿还有个妹妹在她很小的时候就送了人。 菊儿爸在当地富绅单景成的绸布坊做工，这天夜里染坊硕大的石辊子居然从木架子上落下来砸在他的头上……东家单先生拿了几令绸布算是替菊儿父亲了结了后事。而后，单先生忍耐不住劝菊儿妈带菊儿一起到单家做事…… 菊儿妈一下明白了发生在身边的一切，明显感觉到了潜伏在女儿周围的危险——女儿的美丽就像一把刀，将会伤害到家里所有的人。 母亲把菊儿送到苏州，想跟一个叫阿田的人学梳头。阿田却一口拒绝：瞧这丫头那水灵劲儿，她跟着我早晚会惹出事来呢！母亲给她跪下了……阿田收下了菊儿，可菊儿却恨阿田，因为母亲给她下跪！跟着阿田走东家，菊儿讨厌阿田的逢场作戏，不几天就逃离了阿田的家。 菊儿妈回了乌镇，把丈夫用命挣来的绸布换了条小舢...。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.。
