The Last Emperor
1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world.
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.
Crew and Cast
Bernardo BertolucciDirector
John LonePu Yi (Adult)
Joan ChenWan Jung
Peter O'TooleReginald Johnston (R.J.)
Ruocheng YingThe Governor
Victor WongChen Pao Shen
Dennis DunBig Li
Ryuichi SakamotoAmakasu
Maggie HanEastern Jewel
Ric YoungInterrogator
Vivian WuWen Hsiu
Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaChangJade GoAr Mo
Fumihiko IkedaYoshioka
Richard VuuPu Yi (3 years)
Tsou TijgerPu Yi (8 years)
Tao WuPu Yi (15 years)
Guang FanPu Chieh (Adult)
Henry KyiPu Chieh (7 years)
Alvin Riley IIIPu Chieh (14 years)
Lisa LuTzu Hsui
Hideo TakamatsuGeneral IshikariHajime TachibanaJapanese Translator
Basil PaoPrince Chun
Henry OLord Chamberlain
Chen KaigeCaptain of Imperial GuardLiangbin ZhangBig Foot
Wenjie HuangHunchback
Dong LiangLady Aisin-Gioro
Zhendong DongOld Doctor
Jiechen DongDoctor
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 4 October 1987
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB score
- 7.6 / 10 (2,010 votes)
Production
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Writers
- Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
- Studios
- Soprofilms, TAO Film, Yanco
- Countries
- China, France, Italy
Box Office
- Budget
- $23.8M
- Revenue
- $44.0M
- Profit
- $20.2M
- Return
- 1.8×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English, Chichewa; Nyanja, Japanese, Mandarin