Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change.

製作＝東京映画　配給＝東宝
1958.01.15
10巻 2,738m 100分 白黒
朝日新聞に連載された川端康成の原作を「夜の鴎」の田中澄江、「続青い山脈」の井手俊郎、「幕末太陽伝」の川島雄三の三人が共同脚色、川島雄三が東京映画と新たに契約、監督した文芸篇。撮影は「一本刀土俵入(1957)」の飯村正が担当した。主演は「続々大番　（怒涛篇）」の原節子、「挽歌(1957)」の久我美子、森雅之、「地上」の香川京子、「その夜のひめごと」の三橋達也「気違い部落」の石浜朗。ほかに、太刀川洋一、中北千枝子、丹阿弥谷津子、荒木道子などが助演している。

原作は山口瞳の第48回直木賞受賞作。原作では主人公は電機メーカーに勤める宣伝部長だが、映画では洋酒メーカーの宣伝部員（山口瞳が当時サントリー宣伝部に勤めていた）に置き換え、主人公が直木賞を受賞するまでを描いている。それまで男性アクションで定評があった岡本喜八が、この1作で戦中派の屈折した心理を見事に捉え、本格的に評価された。ストーリーは、洋酒メーカーの宣伝部員というしがないサラリーマンの“才能のないだらしない奴が一生懸命生きること“の大変さを、自分史や戦後史と重ね合わせながら描く。岡本の演出は、主人公と妻との若い頃のロマンスを、「残菊物語」にたとえて、下駄と靴だけの合成アニメーションで描いたり、父親の事業の盛衰を書き割りのセットやアニメーションで描いたりと自由奔放をきわめる。また主人公の背後にいる同僚をストップモーションにして、カメラの背後でもう一人の自分が画面内の自分が置かれた立場を分析してみせるシーンなど、ナレーションの使い方も秀逸。

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