The Last Emperor
1987
Academy Award for Best Picture — 60th Academy Awards
- Director:
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Studio:
- Hemdale Film Corporation, Recorded Picture Company, Yanco Films, TAO Film, Acteurs Auteurs Associés
- Starring:
- John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong
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The film follows Puyi, the last emperor of China, from his childhood coronation in the Forbidden City as a toddler through his sheltered, isolated upbringing and eventual expulsion following the fall of the imperial dynasty. As an adult, he becomes a puppet ruler for the Japanese in occupied Manchuria before being captured by Soviet forces and imprisoned as a war criminal by Communist China. Reeducated and eventually released, he lives out his final years as an ordinary gardener, revisiting the palace he once ruled as a private citizen.