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Release Date: 1987

Cast: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joan Chen, Jade Go, John Lone, Dennis Dun, Maggie Han, Ruocheng Ying, Ric Young, Tsou Tijger, Peter O'Toole, Victor Wong ...MORE

Cast: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joan Chen, Jade Go, John Lone, Dennis Dun, Maggie Han, Ruocheng Ying, Ric Young, Tsou Tijger, Peter O'Toole, Victor Wong, Fumihiko Ikeda, Chen Kaige, Richard Vuu, Vivian Wu ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Biography, History, Epic, Chinese Movies, Period piece, Biographical film, Political drama

The Last Emperor is a 1987 biopic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, whose autobiography was the basis for the screenplay written by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci. Independently produced by Jeremy Thomas, it was directed by Bertolucci and released in 1987 by Columbia Pictures. Puyi's life is depicted from his ascent to the throne as a small boy to his imprisonment and political rehabilitation by the Chinese Communist authorities. The film stars John Lone as Pu Yi, with Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric... MORE

The Last Emperor is a 1987 biopic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, whose autobiography was the basis for the screenplay written by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci. Independently produced by Jeremy Thomas, it was directed by Bertolucci and released in 1987 by Columbia Pictures. Puyi's life is depicted from his ascent to the throne as a small boy to his imprisonment and political rehabilitation by the Chinese Communist authorities. The film stars John Lone as Pu Yi, with Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, and Chen Kaige. It was the first feature film for which the producers were authorized by the Chinese government to film in the Forbidden City in Beijing. It won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film opens in 1950 with Pu Yi's re-entry into the just-proclaimed People's Republic of China as a political prisoner and war criminal, having been captured by the Red Army when the Soviet Union entered the Pacific War in 1945 (see Soviet invasion of Manchuria) and been in their custody for the past five years. Puyi attempts suicide, which only renders him LESS