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苗淼淼来自大西北干旱地区，为逃避世辈缺水的恐惧来到某海滨城市打工，在一家名为“欢乐水王国”的水上乐园打工，她的善良、勤劳与智慧，得到了老板赏的识，并嫁作掌管水生意的老板娘。后来丈夫因为一次意外事件入狱，将“水王国”交由苗淼淼打理，同时将其智障弟弟二熊一并交由她照顾，苗淼淼恪守遵循黄大鼎父亲的经营理念，一边尽心打理着生意，一边像母亲般无微不至照顾着实际年龄已经三十多岁，智商却只有几岁孩子水平的二熊。 服务生珂良是苗淼淼的得力助手，他帅气、勤快、安静，深得同事们的欢迎，尤其每次二熊在病发躁狂的时候，都是他帮忙安抚，替苗淼淼解了若干后顾之忧。 苗淼淼每天奔忙在“欢乐水王国”，享受着时而忙碌，时而平静的时光。某天，四位风情万种的拜金女的突然造访，打破了水王国的平静。她们曾是苗淼淼当初的同事，因为傍上金主四散而去，后因依傍的金主相继败落，她们又相约集体落魄而归...。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.。