The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

Here's a gentle ribbing of the Japanese white-collar life. A Tokyo clerk recounts his unremarkable existence to a newspaper reporter. It's a simple snapshot, yet perhaps still too close to the bone for some.

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Kihachi Okamoto directed The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman in 1963. See Kihachi Okamoto's full filmography, where to start with Kihachi Okamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kihachi Okamoto.

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman was released in 1963 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.