视频简介
马唐是一个普通的车夫，为了给身患绝症的女儿筹钱手术，他不得不听人指使，将一个年轻女警官的尸体带到塔兰河处理掉，这对一向中规中矩的马唐来说实在是一件棘手的事情。然而更糟糕的还在后面，一个受伤的名叫许幽的女警察搭上了马唐的车，要他带自己去桑洲城追捕杀人不眨眼的杀手"鬼刀"。 马唐一路和这个女警察周旋着，想方设法不让她注意到马车后面藏着的尸体。在一家客栈歇脚时，一张无意中瞥见的通缉令让马唐毛骨悚然：原来许幽才是那个杀人不眨眼的"鬼刀"！ 在路旁休息时，马唐趁许幽不备想要袭击她，没想到许幽却有如脑后长眼，三下两下将马唐掀翻在地，马唐走投无路之下亮出了藏在马车后面的尸体，叫嚣着说自己也是杀人犯，警告许幽不要为所欲为。 许幽没有杀马唐，让马唐继续赶路。而当马唐收拾马车准备重新启程时，油布下的一只手忽然紧紧的攥住了他，马唐这才发现躺在马车后面的那个女警察原来根本没死。马唐深知两人不是许幽的对手，只得让女警察楚江亭一动不动的继续躺在车里。 马车继续前行。路上，马唐向许幽说了女儿患病以及自己被迫处理尸体的经过。许幽感慨自己也有一个慈爱的父亲，这回就是想让马唐送她再去看一眼父亲。相处中，马唐渐渐发现许幽冰冷的背后也有着一丝不愿显露出来的温暖，他开始慢慢同情起这个女凶手。 夜晚投店休息时，马唐夜里悄悄爬起来想要放走趟在马车后面的楚江亭，却被许幽发现。许幽执意要杀楚江亭灭口，马唐百般劝阻，许幽最终心软答应放过楚江亭。可没想到楚江亭却并不领情，她出人意料的用手铐一头铐住许幽，一头铐住马唐，自己则驾车直奔警局。 然而半路上却再度遭遇不测，一群冒充"鬼刀"的土匪拦住了马车想要抢劫，危急时刻三人联手击退了土匪。楚江亭自觉理亏，答应带许幽回桑洲城去看父亲最后一眼，然后再带他们去投案自首。 三人驾着马车终于抵达了桑洲城。楚江亭和马唐本以为将要见到一场父女挥泪离别的场景，没想到许幽却出人意料的举枪对准了父亲……。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.。
