The Last Emperor
- Drama
- History
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.
- Directed by
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Written by
- Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
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
- Jade Go
Keywords
- biography
- arranged marriage
- 1920s
- based on true story
- 1940s
- 1950s
- world war ii
- communism
- emperor
- war on drugs
- isolation
- drug addiction
- teacher
- decadence
- experiment
- suicide
- suicide attempt
- revolution
- china
- beijing, china
- opium
- becoming an adult
- war crimes
- coup d'etat
- buddhism
- manchuria
- dynasty
- reeducation camp
- autobiography
- dowager
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