The Last Emperor (1987)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
John Lone
Pu Yi (Adult)
Joan Chen
Wan Jung
Peter O'Toole
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Ruocheng Ying
The Governor
Victor Wong
Chen Pao Shen
Dennis Dun
Big Li
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Amakasu / Original Music Composer
Maggie Han
Eastern Jewel
Ric Young
Interrogator
Vivian Wu
Wen Hsiu
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Chang
Jade Go
Ar Mo
Fumihiko Ikeda
Yoshioka
Richard Vuu
Pu Yi (3 years)
Tsou Tijger
Pu Yi (8 years)
Tao Wu
Pu Yi (15 years)
Guang Fan
Pu Chieh (Adult)
Henry Kyi
Pu Chieh (7 years)
Alvin Riley III
Pu Chieh (14 years)
Lisa Lu
Tzu Hsui
Hideo Takamatsu
General Ishikari
Hajime Tachibana
Japanese Translator
Basil Pao
Prince Chun
Henry O
Lord Chamberlain
Chen Kaige
Captain of Imperial Guard
Liangbin Zhang
Big Foot
Wenjie Huang
Hunchback
Dong Liang
Lady Aisin-Gioro
Zhendong Dong
Old Doctor
Jiechen Dong
Doctor
Constantine Gregory
Oculist
Huaikuei Soong
Lung Yu
Ruzhen Shao
First High Consort
Yu Li
Second High Consort
Guangli Li
Third High Consort
Chunqing Xu
Grey Eyes
Zhang Tianmin
Old Tutor
Hongnian Luo
Sleeping Old Tutor
Shihong Yu
Hsiao Hsiu
Jun Wu
Wen Hsiu (12 years)
Lucia Hwong
Lady of the Book
Jingping Cui
Lady of the Pen
Shi Liang
Republican Officer
Junguo Gu
Tang
Xu Tongrui
Captain of Feng's Army
Fusheng Li
Minister of Trade
Chen Shu
Chang Chinghui
Shuyan Cheng
Lady Hiro Saga
Daxing Zhang
Tough Warder
Ruigang Zu
Second Warder
Yuan Jin
Party Boss
Akira Ikuta
Japanese Doctor
Michael Vermaaten
American
Matthew Spender
Englishman
Cai Hongxiang
Scarface (uncredited)
Glen Murphy
Captain (uncredited)
Biao Wang
Prisoner (uncredited) / Assistant Director
Bernardo Bertolucci
Director / Screenplay
Mark Peploe
Screenplay
John Daly
Producer
Franco Giovale
Producer
Joyce Herlihy
Producer
David Byrne
Original Music Composer
Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
Gabriella Cristiani
Editor
Bill Rowe
Sound Designer
Ivan Sharrock
Sound Designer
James Acheson
Costume Design
Enzo Ungari
Screenplay
Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Production Design
Bruno Cesari
Production Design
Aisin-Gioro Puyi
Author
Jeremy Thomas
Producer
Su Cong
Music
Joanna Merlin
Casting
Maria Teresa Barbasso
Art Direction
Gianni Giovagnoni
Art Direction
Gianni Silvestri
Art Direction
Iole Cecchini
Hair Designer
Fabrizio Sforza
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 4, 1987
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 43m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$23,000,000
Box Office$44,000,000
Filming LocationsBeijing, China · Peking, People's Republic of China
Genres
Wiki.
The Last Emperor (Italian: L'ultimo imperatore) is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the final 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 a small boy 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.The Last Emperor premiered at the 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival, and was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on November 18. It earned widespread positive reviews from critics and was also a commercial success. At the 60th Academy Awards, it won all nine Oscars it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won several other accolades, including three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, nine David di Donatello Awards, and a Grammy Award for its musical score. The film was converted into 3D and shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.