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、刀手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、刀手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。
回复 :在南美洲人迹少至的热带雨林深处，经过六年的努力，生化学家罗勃肯贝尔博士，研发出一种癌症治疗法面临一项重大的医学突破。一位冷静的女性学者当可琳博士历经一段艰困的会面；这一对互相厌恶的伙伴终于产生了共同的尊重，而实际的爱苗也滋生于这片异国风情的热带雨林中……
回复 :An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, including smoking, even though she is a minor. On Saturday, the professor does not feel like going to his weekend golf game, but his wife packs him off anyway. So he leaves his bag at the apartment of his student Okada, and goes to a bar with a friend. Setsuko traces him there, and insists that he take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada to take her home, while he sleeps at Okada's. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home, and also of her husband when she discovers that he did not go golfing.
回复 :Maggie Rainbow Leeward and Mary cannot even agree on their three year old daughter's name anymore. Mary is a hardworking nurse who dreams of only one thing changing her life. She resents her husband for being an irresponsible, overgrown adolescent, incapable of holding down a job. Leeward is an atypical, idealistic musician who fancies himself a misunderstood artist and a New Age visionary. Enter Lilas, a 19 year old French artist and the daughter of a world famous painter, who is trying to make it in New York and get away from an overbearing mother. When the bubbly young woman moves into the couple's tiny Chinatown apartment, their already fragile balance is upset even further. Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, Swim Little Fish Swim is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.@m.yakutv.cc
