Film

The Last Emperor

Name: The Last Emperor
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Released: 1987
Rating: 7.6
Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Vivian Wu, Ruocheng Ying

1987 · 163 min · ★ 7.6 · Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci

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.