The Last Emperor (1987)2h43
Drama · History
Director Bernardo Bertolucci (7.0 avg)
Also directed The Dreamers, Last Tango in Paris, The Conformist, and 26 more
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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Cast
John Lone
Joan Chen
Peter O'Toole
Ruocheng Ying
Victor Wong
Dennis Dun
Ryuichi Sakamoto
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