Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Writer
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $23,800,000
Cast
Dennis Dun
Joan Chen
John Lone
Maggie Han
Peter O'Toole
Ric Young
Ruocheng Ying
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Victor Wong
Vivian Wu
Keywords
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
arranged marriage
autobiography
based on true story
becoming an adult
beijing
china
biography
buddhism
china
communism
coup d'etat
decadence
dowager
drug addiction
dynasty
emperor
experiment
isolation
japanese occupation of china
manchuria
opium
reeducation camp
revolution
suicide
suicide attempt
teacher
war crimes
war on drugs
world war ii
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