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The Last Emperor (1987)
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
“1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world.”
Drama, History · 2h 43m
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
John Lone
Joan Chen
Peter O'Toole
Ruocheng Ying
Victor Wong
Dennis Dun
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Maggie Han
Ric Young
Vivian Wu
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Crew
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Screenplay
- Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
- Director of Photography
- Vittorio Storaro
- Original Music Composer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Su Cong
- Editor
- Gabriella Cristiani
- Producer
- John Daly, Franco Giovale, Joyce Herlihy, Jeremy Thomas
Details
- Release date
- 1987-10-04
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Chichewa; Nyanja, Japanese, Mandarin
- Countries
- China, France, Italy, United Kingdom
- Production
- Soprofilms, TAO Film, Yanco, Recorded Picture Company
- Budget
- $23,800,000
- Box office
- $44,000,000