Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Written by Bernardo Bertolucci/Mark Pepro
Starring: Chun Long/Chen Chong/Wu Junmei/Peter O ‘Toole/Ying Ruocheng
Genre: Drama/Biography/History
Language: English/Mandarin/Japanese
Release Date: 1987-10-04(Tokyo International Film Festival) / 1987-10-23(Italy)
Running time: 163 minutes / 218 minutes (extended version)
Synopsis of the last Emperor
The life of Pu Yi (Rong Long) is told in the film. He ascended the throne from the age of three, young eyes only minister of a katydid on the body, Jiangshan in his heart is just an unknown noun. When he grew up, he thought he could change, but he was set on fire by the eunuch. He thought he was the master of the Qing Dynasty, but he was a puppet of the Japanese.
After liberation, he was on a train back from the Soviet Union, accompanied by the People’s Liberation Army escorting him. He suspected that he was going to die, so he hid in the small bathroom and cut his veins to kill himself. However, he did not die on the train, the ridicule of fate was still waiting for him. The ups and downs of the Cultural Revolution left scars on his body.