Saturday, October 7, 2023

THE LAST EMPEROR (1987)
























Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Based on the autobiography by: Puyi
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jade Go, Fumihiko Ikeda, Fan Guang, Lisa Lu, Basil Pao, Dong Liang, Henry O, Richard Vuu, Tijger Tsou, Wu Tao, Henry Kyi, Alvin Riley III, Chen Kaige, Hideo Takamatsu, Hajime Tachibana, Zhang Liangbin, Huang Wenjie, Chen Shu, Cheng Shuyan, Li Fusheng, Constantine Gregory

163 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's tumultuous reign. After being captured by the Red Army as a war criminal in 1950, Pu-Yi recalls his childhood from prison. He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he was afforded every luxury but unfortunately sheltered from the outside world and complex political situation surrounding him. As revolution sweeps through China, the world Pu-Yi knew is dramatically upended.

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