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石原明子（片平なぎさ）は亡き父の後を継いだ京都の葬儀社の社長だが、本業よりも探偵がお好き。葬式を頼まれた死亡者が人気女優でしかも毒殺、それに東京に住む明子の恋人の医師・黒沢春彦（国広富之）にも幾らかの疑いのあるところから、犯人探しに乗り出すことになる。 女優・井上和美（大塚良重）は京都郊外の別荘で外食中、青酸カリで死亡。翌朝訪ねてきた婚約者・西沢（金田賢一）と、和美のお手伝いの美紀（筒井由美子）に発見された。美紀は前日仕事先からの和美の電話で、二人分の食事を用意し、別荘を出て外泊していたし、西沢も立ち寄っていないという。男関係の派手な和美は、西沢との婚約以前に俳優・三田（谷嶋俊）とも熱い関係だったし、殺害当日はしつこく春彦を食事に誘っていた。また西沢には和美の前にモデルの葉子（高島礼子）という愛人がいた。それぞれに和美への愛憎のもつれた動機があった。...。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.。
