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　　阎锡山主持“清东陵文物展览会”宣布委任那辛为保护文物全国委员会会长。会后，阎锡山命将珍宝登记装箱，派于跃先押送到保文会。溥仪得知后，万分气愤。日本人则说“明取不如暗夺”。不久传闻说保文会被洗劫一空。法庭上，那辛被指控勾结土匪盗宝。为证实真假，那辛在监督下开箱查验。封条未动的珍宝箱内竟然是一堆破砖烂瓦。那辛惊呆了。至此，那辛被推上了被告席，而真正的祸首却逍遥法外。

　　Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...

两个来自于乡下的热血青年抱着对城市生活的憧憬和向往，在经过几年的奋斗之后，终于有了自己房子，乔迁之喜，吕秋和男友大川享受着温馨甜蜜的二人世界，而吕秋的爸爸，吕老爷子的不请自来彻底打破了这对恋人平静的生活。分别生长于农村与城市的老少两辈人，在太多问题上存在着隔阂。随着吕老爷子的出现，吕秋和大川的感情即将遭受前所未有的历练。

　　名優・笠智衆が主演した成瀬巳喜男監督作品。正月興行らしい豪華キャストで、家族制度における妻の立場を問う。家庭の中で唯一の他人ともいうべき長男の未亡人が、義理の両親を理解するというラストに、小津の「東京物語」へのオマージュが感じられて微笑ましい。