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The Last Emperor (1987)

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7.9 IMDB rating

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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 ... (more)


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John Lone

John Lone

Pu Yi - Adult
Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Wan Jung
Peter O

Peter O'Toole

Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston
Ruocheng Ying

Ruocheng Ying

The Governor
Victor Wong

Victor Wong

Chen Pao Shen
Dennis Dun

Dennis Dun

Big Li
Maggie Han

Maggie Han

Eastern Jewel
Ric Young

Ric Young

Interrogator
Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Wen Hsiu


Written by (View all) :
Mark Peploe

Mark Peploe

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A beautiful depiction of Isolation.

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Dec 4 14:24
''All your life you thought you were better than everyone else. Now you think you're the worst of all!'' He was the Lord of Ten Thousand Years, the absolute monarch of China. He was born to rule a world of ancient tradition. Nothing prepared him for our world of change. The story of the final Emperor of China. John Lone: Emperor Pu Yi / Henry One could state Bernardo Bertolucci creation of a masterpiece on an era of history that would definitely change the relationship of nations throughout the era forever, is putting it mildly to say the least. That he did it with such artistic factual film-making is to say his success was close to the divine. You may conclude that would be a quite accurate statement about The Last Emperor, especially for American film-making, they had nothin...Read more

Rating : 9/10