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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 90% of the 1,359 1980s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 43m. Streaming on Max.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic76/100
1,974 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark PeploeScreenplay
- Bernardo BertolucciDirector
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
- David ByrneOriginal Music Composer
- Bernardo BertolucciScreenplay
Cast
- John LonePu Yi (Adult)
- Joan ChenWan Jung
- Peter O'TooleReginald Johnston (R.J.)
- Ruocheng YingThe Governor
- Victor WongChen Pao Shen
- Dennis DunBig Li
- Ryuichi SakamotoAmakasu
- Maggie HanEastern Jewel
- Ric YoungInterrogator
- Vivian WuWen Hsiu
- Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaChang
- Jade GoAr Mo
Stills
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Themes
suicideexperimentchinaisolationbuddhismbecoming an adultwar crimessuicide attemptwar on drugsrevolutiondrug addictionopium
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