奈何桥之主

剧情简介

拳手林健儿（吴奇隆 饰）不甘受黑社会大哥阿勇（陈松勇 饰）的摆布，拒打假拳，准备携家逃跑却被抓回……出身警察世家的杨重（金城武 饰）因行事莽撞杀死了线人，丢了公职又犯下杀人罪；一干天涯沦落人在火烧岛监狱服刑，股票大王吴世达（吴孟达 饰）在狱中成为众人觊觎的目标，幸有酒鬼阿梁（赵自强 饰）和林健儿出手相助，吴世达出钱令林健儿、阿梁和杨重在狱中得到照顾。不久，狱中贩毒集团大哥宫天保（楼学贤 饰）向当年抓获自己的杨重寻仇，杨重却以德报怨在阿勇袭击宫天保时出手阻挡。宫天保安排人手报复阿勇，自此与林健儿、阿梁等站到同一行列。典狱长（黄秋生 饰）欲从宫天保手中获得更大的利益，多次设计陷害宫等人，众人不堪忍受决定奋起反抗……。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.。