视频简介
作为一个传奇人物,亚瑟王的故事几乎和历史融为一体,它是西方的另一个希腊神话,流传之广,大概仅次于《圣经》和莎士比亚戏剧。 数世纪以来,历史学家固执地认为亚瑟王只是一个传说,但在英国人民的心中,他的作为不仅改变了英国,也改写了世界的历史,他堪称一位永不会退位的王者。圆桌会议的出现、战争中迷彩的发明乃至米字旗的渊源,据说都与亚瑟王有关。提起他,我们就会想起古老阴暗的中世纪画卷、血腥恢弘的战争场面,以及不可或缺的动人浪漫。 无论真实与否,这个故事早已成为奇幻流派的一部分,逐渐成为一个庞大的亚瑟王奇幻分支。关于亚瑟王传奇的不同版本不断被写就,创造出了包括书籍、故事以及电影在内的多种形式的亚瑟王传说…。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.。