The Last Emperor (1987)


John Lone               Pu Yi
Joan Chen               Wan Jung
Peter O Toole           Reginald "RJ" Johnson
Ying Ruocheng           Jin Yuan--The Governor
Victor Wong             Chen Pao Shen
Dennis Dun              Big Li
Ryuichi Sakamoto        Amakasu
Maggie Han              Eastern Jewel
Ric Young               Interrogator
Vivian Wu               Wen Hsiu
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa    Chang
Jade Go (II)            Ar Mo
Fumihiko Ikeda          Yoshioka
Richard Vuu (II)        Pu Yi--Age 3
Tijger Tsou             Pu Yi--Age 8
Wu Tao                  Pu Yi--Age 15
Fan Guang               Pu Chieh--as an Adult
Henry Kyi               Pu Chieh--Age 7
Alvin Riley III         Pu Chieh--Age 14
Lisa Lu                 Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi Cixi
Hideo Takamatsu         General Ishikari

Directed by:            Bernardo Bertolucci
Produced by:            Jeremy Thomas, Franco Giovale, Joyce Herlihy


The story of the last imperial ruler of China.

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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, 
the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation 
by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

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A biography of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three was named the Emperor of China, and dies as a gardener at 
the Botanical Gardens of Peking. Told in an interesting flashback/flashforward style, we learn of Pu Yi's childhood, the time 
he spent imprisoned in the Forbidden City, his term as the emperor of Japans Manchuguo, and his eventual release back to 
public life in 1959.