火龙帝国

视频简介

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.。已经当上祖母的格蕾丝正面临着生活中的不幸，丈夫与别的女人私通，自己每日借酒消愁又染上了酒瘾。正当她一步步滑向孤独的深渊时，命运又把她拉回到现实中来，她目睹了一个女子被人毒打致死。尽管她的家人极力劝说她不要惹事，但格蕾丝还是决定站出来作证。遗憾的是她的证词没有被采纳，打人者布莱默被判无罪。这个恶毒的罪犯开始找格蕾丝复仇。格蕾丝处在孤立无援的境地，只有一名侦探在帮助她。在惊险紧张的气氛中，布莱默开始了一场猫捉老鼠的游戏，格蕾丝到哪儿，布莱默就会在哪儿出现，包括格蕾丝自己的家中。为了保住生命，格蕾丝终于鼓起全身的勇气和力量，准备与布莱默来一次面对面的交锋。。奥古斯特带领的三个骗子化装成传教士到处行骗，屡屡得手。一次他在街头偶遇自己天真烂漫的女儿，心里不禁有所顿悟，但却被人当场认出是骗子，并在女儿面前给人逮送到警局。出狱后的奥古斯特重操旧业，但在为筹集女儿学费的一次行骗中，他想独吞财物而被同伙痛殴，最终死在山崖边。。