The Last Emperor (1987)
2h 43min
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1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world.
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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.
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Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci, Vittorio Storaro, Nicoletta Peyran
Produced by: John Daly, Franco Giovale, Joyce Herlihy
Composed by: Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne
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