DramaHistory

The Last Emperor(1987)

7.6(1925)

2h 43m

1987-10-04

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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Keywords

suicideexperimentchinaisolationbuddhismbecoming an adultwar crimessuicide attemptwar on drugsrevolutiondrug addictionopiumarranged marriageworld war iiemperorcoup d'etatmanchuriadynastyreeducation campbiographybased on true storyautobiographyteacherbeijing, chinadowagerdecadencecommunism1920s1940s1950s1910s1930sjapanese occupation of china