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Last Emperor -blu
TitleLast Emperor -blu
Year1987
Time210 mins
GenreBiography; Drama; Foreign; History
DirectorBernardo Bertolucci
EditionCriterion Collection
FormatBlu-ray Disc
ActorCary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Chang; Peter O'Toole as Reginald Fleming Johnston; John Lone as Emperor Pu Yi/Henry; Joan Chen as Empress Wan Jung/Elizabeth; Victor Wong as Chen Pao Shen; Dennis Dun as Big Li; Vivian Wu as Wen Hsiu; Ryuichi Sakamoto as Amakasu; Ruocheng Ying as Governor of Foo Shoe Detention Center; Maggie Han as Eastern Jewel; Tao Wu as Pu Yi - 15 Years; Henry Kyi as Pu Chieh - 7 Years; Richard Vuu as Pu Yi - 3 Years; Alvin Riley as Pu Chieh - 14 Years; Tsou Tijger as Pu Yi - 8 Years
RatingNR (Not Rated)
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
LanguageEnglish
PlotA 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.
ProducerJeremy Thomas; John Daly
WriterMark Peploe; Bernardo Bertolucci
SubtitlesEnglish (Closed Captioned)
Last Emperor -blu