The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (江分利満氏の優雅な生活, Eburiman-shi no yūgana seikatsu) is a 1963 Japanese satirical comedy film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and based on the Naoki Prize winning novel by Hitomi Yamaguchi.
Once he sobers up, he decides to write an article using his own life and his family's history as a basis.
Addressing his father's profiteering during the Pacific War, Eburi reflects upon postwar Japan and the legacy of the militarist regime.
After winning the Naoki Prize, he gets drunk with two colleagues, lamenting the fate of the many young men who had been seduced to go to war and died.
The catalog wrote: "This masterpiece, overflowing with wisdom, represents the 'Kihachi touch'.