Plot
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.
Cast
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
Maggie Han
Eastern Jewel
Ric Young
Interrogator
Vivian Wu
Wen Hsiu
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Chang
Jade Go
Ar Mo
Crew
Mark Peploe
Screenplay
John Daly
Producer
Bernardo Bertolucci
Director
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
David Byrne
Original Music Composer
Franco Giovale
Producer
Bernardo Bertolucci
Screenplay
Joyce Herlihy
Producer
Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
Jeremy Thomas
Producer
Su Cong
Original Music Composer
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