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Last Emperor (The)

Country: UK | Italy | China | France, Language: English | Mandarin | Japanese, 163 mins

  • Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
  • Writer: Enzo Ungari; Mark Peploe
  • Producer: John Daly; Franco Giovale

CGiii Comment

Lavish.

Iconic imagery.

Possibly, Bertolucci's last great film.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

John Lone as Pu Yi - Adult;
Joan Chen as Wan Jung;
Peter O'Toole as Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston;
Ruocheng Ying as The Governor;
Victor Wong as Chen Pao Shen;
Dennis Dun as Big Li;
Ryuichi Sakamoto as Amakasu;
Maggie Han as Eastern Jewel;
Ric Young as Interrogator;
Vivian Wu as Wen Hsiu;
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Chang;
Jade Go as Ar Mo;
Fumihiko Ikeda as Yoshioka;
Richard Vuu as Pu Yi - 3 Years;
Tsou Tijger as Pu Yi - 8 Years