The Last Emperor

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

The Last Emperor (1987)

Timing: 2:43 (163 min)

7.6/10
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Release date

1987-10-04

Country

China, France, Italy, United Kingdom

Production

Columbia Pictures, Recorded Picture Company, Hemdale Film Corporation, Soprofilms, TAO Film, Yanco

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$23 800 000

Revenue

$44 000 000

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Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Actors

John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivian Wu
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Scenario

Producer

John Daly, Jeremy Thomas, Franco Giovale, Joyce Herlihy

Operator

Vittorio Storaro

Composer

David Byrne

Artist

Audition

Joanna Merlin

Editing

Gabriella Cristiani, Mario Cotone
All team (35)

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.

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