The Last Emperor poster
Director Bernardo Bertolucci
Screenplay Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe, Enzo Ungari

The Last Emperor

Tagline: 1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world.

Release Date: 1987-10-04

Duration: 163 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Victor Wong
    Chen Pao Shen
  • John Lone
    Pu Yi (Adult)
  • Peter O'Toole
    Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
    Chang
  • Dennis Dun
    Big Li
  • Joan Chen
    Wan Jung
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto
    Amakasu
  • Ric Young
    Interrogator
  • Vivian Wu
    Wen Hsiu
  • Yu Li
    Second High Consort