视频简介
这是一个家族的兴衰史，更是中国汽车产业的兴衰史。华家三兄弟，文翰（刘松仁 饰）、文鸿（廖京生 饰）和文硕（苗侨伟 饰）自小就相依为命，终于，他们等到了两个移居到香港名额。文硕是小弟，自然享有一个名额，另外一个有文翰和文鸿抽签决定，文翰认为自己是大哥，应该负起出去闯荡和照顾弟弟的责任，于是在签上做了手脚，最终抽签结果不言而喻。文翰和文硕去了香港，而文鸿也知晓了文翰的把戏，心里一直放不下。一晃眼十几年过去，当年的懵懂少年都已经长大成人，文翰早就成了香港一间最大的钢铁企业的老总，文硕也在钢铁厂任职，而文鸿也成了内地一间中日合资的汽车厂的厂长。 文翰看好中国大汽车产业，而此时文鸿的汽车效益不好，面临倒闭压力。文翰决心出资收购文鸿所在的汽车厂，帮他度过难关。然而文鸿一直对文翰当年所做到事情放不下，而且他性格倔犟，于是文翰请他们的一位从国外归来的老朋友出面收购。华家三兄弟的命运和中国汽车的命运紧紧的绑在了一起。。1993年，在一座即将拆迁的上海石库门老房子地板下，18岁辍学在家的轩（黄轩饰），发现了一本被藏匿的日记。日记扉页上贴着女孩的照片，页间娟秀的字迹，记录着1975年的一段恋情。轩被18年前的女孩打动，在现实生活中遇到了已经36岁的岚（蒋雯丽饰）。在荷尔蒙的刺激下，一场无情的情感狩猎开始了。18岁的叵测少年，在时任大学教师已是中年的岚面前，不动声色地开始一幕幕还原当年日记中的情景……。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.。