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The Last Emperor

Release Date:April 15, 1988

Running Time:163 min

Genres:Drama, History

Director

Cast

John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole Ruocheng Ying Victor Wong Chi-Keung Dennis Dun Ryuichi Sakamoto Maggie Han Ric Young Vivian Wu Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Jade Go

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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