The Last Emperor is an Academy Award-winning 1987 biopic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China. The movie was written by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci, and directed by Bertolucci. Pǔyí is represented as the objectified plaything of powerful and mysterious forces, whether as an Emperor or as a war criminal. Jamal Gray more commonly known as The Last Emperor, is a Philadelphia-born rapper. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x755, 68 KB) Summary The Last Emperor promotional poster. ... Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is an Italian writer and Academy Award winning film director. ... Jeremy Thomas (born 26 July 1949 in London, England) is a British film producer. ... Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is an Italian writer and Academy Award winning film director. ... John Lone (尊龍, pinyin: ZÅ«n Lóng), (born October 13, 1952 as 吳國良) is an Asian American actor. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen Joan Chen Chong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1) (born as Chen Chong on April 26, 1961, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese American actress... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932, uncertain but presumed correct date[1]) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Ying Ruocheng (1929-1983) was a Chinese actor, director, playwright and vice-Minister of Culture from 1986-1990. ... Victor Wong (July 30, 1927 – September 12, 2001) (Chinese: 黃自強; pinyin: Huáng Zìqiáng) was an American character actor who appeared in supporting roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. ... Dennis Dun (born April 19, 1952) is a Chinese American actor from Sockton, California, currently residing in Los Angeles. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto RyÅ«ichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is an Academy Awards-winning, Grammy-winning, Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor, based in New York and Tokyo. ... Vivian Wu (鄔君梅, pinyin: WÅ« JÅ«nméi) is an actress. ... Chen Kaige (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chen Kai-ko) (born August 12, 1952) is a Chinese film director. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto RyÅ«ichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is an Academy Awards-winning, Grammy-winning, Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor, based in New York and Tokyo. ... David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe winning musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads. ... Cong Su (born Tianjin, China, 1957) is a chinese composer, who won the Oscar for Best Original Soundtrack, with Ryuchi Sakamoto and David Byrne, for The Last Emperor, in 1987, even for only a 1 minute composition. ... Vittorio Storaro (born 24 June 1940 in Rome, Italy) is a Italian cinematographer. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... A directors cut is a specially edited version of a film, and less often TV series, music video, commercials or video games, that is supposed to represent the directors own approved edit. ... A directors cut is a specially edited version of a film, and less often TV series, music video, commercials or video games, that is supposed to represent the directors own approved edit. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. ... Puyi (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ) (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ruling family was the last Emperor of China between 1908 and 1924 (ruling as the Xuantong Emperor (宣統皇帝) between 1908 and 1911, and non-ruling emperor between 1911 and 1924), the twelfth emperor of the... For the volcano in Indonesia, see Emperor of China (volcano). ... Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is an Italian writer and Academy Award winning film director. ...

The film stars John Lone as Puyi, with Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, and Chen Kaige. It was the first feature film to be authorized by the government of China to be filmed in the Forbidden City. John Lone (尊龍, pinyin: Zūn Lóng), (born October 13, 1952 as 吳國良) is an Asian American actor. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen Joan Chen Chong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1) (born as Chen Chong on April 26, 1961, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese American actress... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932, uncertain but presumed correct date[1]) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Ying Ruocheng (1929-1983) was a Chinese actor, director, playwright and vice-Minister of Culture from 1986-1990. ... Victor Wong (July 30, 1927 – September 12, 2001) (Chinese: 黃自強; pinyin: Huáng Zìqiáng) was an American character actor who appeared in supporting roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. ... Dennis Dun (born April 19, 1952) is a Chinese American actor from Sockton, California, currently residing in Los Angeles. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is an Academy Awards-winning, Grammy-winning, Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor, based in New York and Tokyo. ... Vivian Wu (鄔君梅, pinyin: Wū Jūnméi) is an actress. ... Chen Kaige (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chen Kai-ko) (born August 12, 1952) is a Chinese film director. ... For other uses, see Forbidden City (disambiguation). ...

Plot

The film opens in 1950 with Puyi's re-entry into the just-proclaimed People's Republic of China as a prisoner and war criminal, having been captured by the Red Army when the Soviet Union entered the Pacific War in 1945 (see Operation August Storm) and put under Soviet custody for five years. Puyi attempts suicide which only renders him unconscious, and in a flashback, apparently triggered as a dream, Puyi relives his first entry, with his nurse, into the Forbidden City. A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pacific War (disambiguation). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Combatants Soviet Union Peoples Republic of Mongolia Japan Manchukuo Mengjiang Commanders Aleksandr Vasilevsky Otsuzo Yamada Strength Soviet Union 1,577,225 men, 26,137 artillery, 1,852 sup. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Forbidden City (disambiguation). ...

(although, the earlier life of Pu-Yi happened during the Qing dynasty under the Manchu rule, which may be traced back to the Jurchens in the Jin dynasty.)

The next section of the film is a series of chronological flashbacks to Pǔyí's early life (his hot-house upbringing, unexplainable events including his brother's childish challenge to his status as the Emperor, his arranged marriage and so on), and flash-forwards to his prison life. In the prison camp, Puyi is shown newsreels of Japanese war crimes in Manchuria and the defeat of Japan, and he realizes his need to assume responsibility for his complicity in Japanese atrocities. In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Puyi (Wu Tao) and Reginald Johnston (Peter O'Toole)

The concluding section of the film ends with a flash-forward to the mid-1960s during the Mao cult and the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Puyi has become a gardener who lives a proletarian existence. On his way home from work, he happens upon a Mao parade, complete with children playing pentatonic music on accordions en masse and dancers who dance the rejection of landlordism by the masses, aroused by rectified Mao thought. His prison camp commander is one of the "dunces" punished as insufficiently revolutionary in the parade. In a deliberately ironic scene, the last Emperor makes imperial remonstrance to the Red Guard students. Image File history File links Last_emperor1. ... Image File history File links Last_emperor1. ... Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) was a Scottish academic, diplomat and pedagogue and the teacher of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, and later appointed as commissioner of British-held Weihaiwei. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... Mao redirects here. ... The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution [1] in the Peoples Republic of China was a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China that manifested into wide-scale social, political, and economic chaos, which grew to include large sections of Chinese society and eventually brought the entire country to... The proletariat (from Latin proles, offspring) is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class is proletarian. ... In music, a pentatonic scale is a scale with five notes per octave. ... This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... The term Red Guards may refer to one of the following. ...

Puyi then visits the Forbidden City as an ordinary tourist, and meets an assertive little boy who wears the red scarf of the Pioneer Movement and therefore represents "the future". The boy demands that Puyi step away from the throne. However, Puyi proves to the little boy that he was indeed the Son of Heaven; as he sits on his old throne, he finds the cricket he kept as a pet as a child, and gives it to the little boy - magically, the cricket is still alive after 60 years. The little boy turns to thank Puyi, but sees that the Emperor has disappeared. A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party. ... The king or wang (王 wang2) was the Chinese head of state from the Zhou to Qin dynasties. ...

With just a small shift of the camera we are brought to a more modern day, after China had opened to the West, where a tour guide's klaxon (ironically emitting the tune of "Yankee Doodle") calls American tourists together in front of the throne. The guide encapsulates Pǔyí's life in a few sentences and informs us of his date of death. For the English band, see Klaxons. ... Yankee Doodle is a well-known American song, often sung patriotically today . ...

Historical inaccuracies and omissions

Some characters in the movie (such as Puyi's Japanese handler) are composites of actual characters, but most of the characters and the incidents correspond to actual people and events that occurred in Pǔyí's life. Pǔyí's younger brother, Pu Chieh, and Li Wenda, who helped Pǔyí write his autobiography, were brought in as advisors on the film. Pujie (Simplified Chinese: 溥杰; Traditional Chinese: 溥傑; Wade-Giles: Pu Chieh; Japanese: Aishinkakura Fuketsu) (April 16, 1907 — February 28, 1994) was born into the Manchu Aisin-Gioro clan and was the brother of the last Emperor of China, Puyi. ...

Any reference to or mention of the period from 1945 to 1950 is completely absent from the film. It was during this time that Pu-Yi was held as a gulag prisoner by Stalin's Soviet Union. It was also during this time that he gave testimony and was indicted as a war criminal at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. When Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong had come to power in 1949, Puyi wrote letters to Stalin requesting not to be sent back to China. However, because Stalin wished to warm his relations with his "new political friend" Mao, he repatriated the former emperor in 1950. Gulag ( , Russian: ) was the government body responsible for administering prison camps across the former Soviet Union. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Mao redirects here. ...

Any reference or mention of Puyi's later wives and other concubines (such as Tan Yuling, Li Yuqin and Li Shuxian) who he was together with after 1937 is also missing from the film. A swampy marsh area ... Tan Yuling (谭玉龄) (1921 - 14 August 1942) held the title of High-ranking Concubine Mingxian conferred on her by Puyi during the period of puppet Manchukuo regime. ... Li Yuqin (李玉琴) (July 15, 1928 – April 24, 2001) was the fourth wife and last Imperial Consort of Puyi, the last Emperor of Chinas Qing Dynasty. ... Lĭ Shúxían (李淑賢 1926/27-June 9, 1997) was the fifth and last wife of Aixinjueluo Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China. ...

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Production

Bernardo Bertolucci proposed the film to the Chinese government as one of two possible projects - the other was a remake of La Condition Humaine by André Malraux. The Chinese preferred this project. During filming of the immense coronation scene in the Forbidden City, Queen Elizabeth II was in Beijing on a state visit. The production was given priority over her by the Chinese authorities and she was therefore unable to visit the Forbidden City. Written by Andre Malraux in 1933, Mans Fate La Condition Humane is about a group of communist revolutionaries in China. ... André Malraux, French author, adventurer, and statesman André Malraux (November 3, 1901 - November 23, 1976) was a French author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture during his lifetime. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Peking redirects here. ...

Producer Jeremy Thomas managed to raise the $25 million budget for his independent production single-handedly. Jeremy Thomas (born 26 July 1949 in London, England) is a British film producer. ...

19,000 extras were needed over the course of the film.

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Alternate versions

When released theatrically the film ran 160 minutes; the extended version currently available on DVD runs 218 minutes. It includes more footage from the stifling palace of Manchukuo, showing how Puyi was blind, at first, to the way in which he was a puppet. An entire character cut from the theatrical release is the drug-addled opium pusher appointed Minister of Defense by the Japanese, who becomes a sort of demon when he surfaces in Pǔyí's prison camp, whispering the awful truth to Puyi at night. In addition, the extra footage shows more detail about the way in which Pǔyí was unable to take care of his own needs without servants. DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Flag Anthem National Anthem of Manchukuo Map of Manchukuo Capital Hsinking Government Constitutional monarchy Emperor  - 1932 - 1934 Datong (Chief Executive) (Aisingioro Puyi)  - 1934 - 1945 Kangde-Emperor (Aisingioro Puyi) Prime Minister  - 1932 - 1935 Zheng Xiaoxu  - 1935 - 1945 Zhang Jinghui Historical era World War II  - Established 1932  - Disestablished 1945 Manchukuo (, State of... A puppet is a representational object manipulated by a puppeteer. ... A defence minister ( Commonwealth English) or defense minister ( American English) is a cabinet portfolio (position) which regulates the armed forces in a sovereign nation. ...

The Japanese distributor of the film elected to remove stock footage of the Nanking Massacre from the film's initial theatrical release in that country. This footage was restored to later editions after complaints were lodged by the director. “Rape of Nanking” redirects here. ...

Release

The film was released by Columbia Pictures, but though Columbia released it, Nelson Entertainment released the film on VHS and was later released on DVD by Artisan Entertainment. The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Artisan Entertainment was a privately held independent American movie studio that has been owned by Lions Gate Entertainment since 2003. ...

Awards

The film won each of the nine Academy Awards for which it was nominated. Along with Best Picture it won Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Score, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... Charles Rosher the first recipient in 1928 The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to directors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ... The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

The film also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film. This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for each year, in addition to the retired earlier versions of those awards. ...

Popular culture references

• Olympic figure skater Chen Lu of China skated to the musical score of "The Last Emperor" in her 1995 world championship winning long program.

• The Last Emperor (末代皇帝) is also the title of a Chinese-made TV series about Puyi, made already in 1984, three years before the release of the Bertolucci film.

• The music video "From Yesterday" by 30 Seconds to Mars is based on the movie and has several scenes similar to the movie.

• Honda aired a commercial having the Emperor in childhood years riding in a Honda Accord

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Cast

• John Lone - Puyi (adult)
• Joan Chen - Wan Jung
• Peter O'Toole - Reginald Johnston
• Ying Ruocheng - The Governor
• Victor Wong - Chen Pao Shen
• Dennis Dun - Big Li
• Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amakasu Masahiko
• Maggie Han - Eastern Jewel (Kawashima Yoshiko)
• Ric Young - Interrogator
• Vivian Wu - Wen Xiu
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Chang
• Jade Go - Ar Mo
• Fumihiko Ikeda - Colonel Yoshioka
• Richard Vuu - Puyi (3 years)
• Tijger Tsou - Puyi (8 years)
• Wu Tao - Puyi (15 years)
• Fan Guang - Pujie (adult)
• Henry Kyi - Pujie (7 years)
• Alvin Riley III - Pujie (14 years)
• Lisa Lu - Empress Dowager Cixi (credits appear as "Tzu Hsi")
• Hideo Takamatsu - General Ishikari
• Hajime Tachibana - Japanese translator
• Basil Pao - 2nd Prince Chun, father of Puyi
• Henry O - Lord Chamberlain
• Chen Kaige - Captain of Imperial Guard
• Zhang Liangbin - Big Foot
• Huang Wenjie - Hunchback
• Liang Dong - Lady Aisin-Gioro

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External links

• The Last Emperor at the Internet Movie Database
• The Last Emperor at Rotten Tomatoes
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