视频简介
传说，遥远的北方有明月国与赤乌国，长期对峙，连年征战。是年，明月国的蔷萍公主与少将军周世琰在宫中一同甜蜜表演皮影戏时，意外卷入一桩阴谋，随之，一段虐心的三角爱情故事娓娓道来。故事巧妙地运用传统技艺“皮影戏”贯穿了男女主人公的爱情主线。皮影牵连着他们的情缘，也承载着他们的爱恨情仇；皮影既是两个人的定情物，又是他们自己的化身。乱世之中，他们将何去何从？。卡修斯（勒凯斯·斯坦菲尔德 Lakeith Stanfield 饰）是一名落魄但自尊心非常强的青年，他住在叔叔的车库里，从事着毫无前途的电话销售的工作，还拖欠了四个月的房租，前途可谓是一片灰暗。 在同事的点拨之下，卡修斯发现了提升业绩的小妙招，那就是将自己的声音伪装成白人，这让他在公司的境遇稍微好了那么一点。同事们因为种族歧视和寒碜的薪资待遇发起了罢工运动，虽然卡修斯在精神上表示支持同胞们的反抗，但实际上他更在乎的是能否利用这次机会升官发财。最终，卡修斯获得了晋升的机会，将那些反叛的同事们远远甩在身后，但随着职位的升高，他亦触摸到了公司里黑暗的秘密核心。。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.。
