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The Last Emperor
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1987 film by Bernardo Bertolucci
"The Last Emperor" is a 1987 film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci that tells the story of Puyi, China's final imperial ruler. The film is significant for its sweeping historical scope, artistic cinematography, and its exploration of how one man's life was shaped by the collapse of imperial China and the rise of communist rule.
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7.6A 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.
Cast
- John Lone as Pu Yi (Adult)
- Joan Chen as Wan Jung
- Peter O'Toole as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
- Ruocheng Ying as The Governor
- Victor Wong as Chen Pao Shen
- Dennis Dun as Big Li
Themes
- suicide
- experiment
- china
- isolation
- buddhism
- becoming an adult
- war crimes
- suicide attempt
- war on drugs
- revolution
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- epic film
- Country of origin
- British Hong Kong
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Main subject
- Puyi
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Screenwriter
- Mark Peploe
- Composer
- David Byrne
- Producer
- Jeremy Thomas
- Cinematographer
- Vittorio Storaro
- Narrative location
- Fushun War Criminals Management Centre
- Filming location
- Beijing
- Duration
- 165
- FilmAffinity ID
- 549520
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Tobu World Square Forbidden City Last Emperor 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Last Emperor (film)
- publication date
- 1987-00-00
- film editor
- Gabriella Cristiani
- title
- The Last Emperor
- nominated for
- David di Donatello for Best Director
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- production designer
- Ferdinando Scarfiotti
- costume designer
- James Acheson
- executive producer
- John Daly
- set in period
- 20th century
- after a work by
- Puyi
- review score
- 76/100
- characters
- Xie Jishi
- capital cost
- 23800000
- box office
- 44000000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Last Emperor (Italian: L'ultimo imperatore) is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China. It is directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Peploe, which was adapted from Puyi's 1964 autobiography, and independently produced by Jeremy Thomas.
The film depicts Puyi's life from his ascent to the throne as an infant to his imprisonment and political rehabilitation by the Chinese Communist Party. It stars John Lone in the eponymous role, with Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Vivian Wu, Lisa Lu, and Ryuichi Sakamoto (who also composed the film score with David Byrne and Cong Su). It was the first Western feature film authorised by the People's Republic of China to film in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
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