彦六大いに笑ふ
Hikoroku Laughs a lot
再開発のため立ち退きを迫られ、ほとんど誰もいなくなった新宿の一角に佇む商業ビルで、抵抗し居座り続ける彦六（徳川）。家族や愛人、階下の住人たちそれぞれの思惑が交錯し、土地ブローカーのいやがらせで暴動へと発展するなか、行方知れずだった息子・彦一（丸山）が戻ってくるが…。明け方の開放感と、美術・久保一雄による見事な夜の室内セットとの対比も見どころ。後の『からゆきさん』へと結実していく、社会の周縁に生きる人々やその共同生活のあり方を見つめる視点は、本作においても印象的である。
In a corner of Shinjuku nearly emptied of people due to redevelopment, Hikoroku (Tokugawa) stands firm and refuses to leave a commercial building slated for demolition. The agendas of his family, mistress, and the tenants downstairs all intersect, and when a land broker's harassment escalates into a riot, his missing son Hikoichi (Maruyama) returns—but... The contrast between the sense of liberation at dawn and the magnificent nighttime interior set by art director Kazuo Kubo is also a highlight. The perspective of observing people living on the margins of society and their communal way of life—which would later come to fruition in Karayuki-san—is equally striking in this work.
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