The Last Emperor
1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world.
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10/4/1987Runtime
163 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
$23,800,000Revenue
$44,000,000Homepage
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A sweeping, visually sumptuous portrait of radical diminishment: watching one man's descent from god-like emperor to anonymous peasant, told with formal grandeur that mirrors his loss. It's a film about the long arc of one person's undoing across decades and revolutions.
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