OVERVIEW
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.
RUNTIME
163
GENRE
Drama, History
PRODUCTION COUNTRY
China, France, Italy, United Kingdom
DIRECTOR
Bernardo Bertolucci
CAST
John Lone (Emperor Puyi), Peter O'Toole (Reginal Flemming Johnson), Joan Chen (Wang Jung), Vivian Wu (Wen Hsiu), Dennis Dun (Big Li), Ruocheng Ying (Governor), Victor Wong (Chen Pao Shen), Maggie Han (Eastern Jewel), Ric Young (Interrogator), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Chang), Richard Vuu (Puyi, Age 3 Years), Tsou Tijger (Puyi, Age 8 Years), Lisa Lu (Tzu Hsui), Henry O (Lord Chamberlain), Constantine Gregory (Oculist), Yu Li (Second High Consort), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Amakasu), Daxing Zhang (Tough Warder), Chen Kaige (Captain of Imperial Guard), Fumihiko Ikeda (Yoshioka), Tao Wu (Puyi, Age 15 Years), Hideo Takamatsu (General Ishikari), Basil Pao (Prince Chun), Shi Liang (Republican Officer), Chen Shu (Chang Chinghui), Cai Hongxiang (Scarface (uncredited)), Glen Murphy (Captain (uncredited)), Biao Wang (Prisoner (uncredited)), Jade Go (Ar Mo), Tianmin Zhang (Old Tutor (as Zhang Tianmin))
CREW
Mark Peploe (Screenplay), John Daly (Producer), Franco Giovale (Producer), Joyce Herlihy (Producer), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Original Music Composer), David Byrne (Original Music Composer), Vittorio Storaro (Director of Photography), Gabriella Cristiani (Editor), Bill Rowe (Sound Designer), Ivan Sharrock (Sound Designer), James Acheson (Costume Design), Bernardo Bertolucci (Screenplay), Enzo Ungari (Screenplay), Ferdinando Scarfiotti (Production Design), Bruno Cesari (Production Design), Aisin-Gioro Puyi (Author), Jeremy Thomas (Producer), Cong Su (Music), Joanna Merlin (Casting), Maria-Teresa Barbasso (Art Direction), Gianni Giovagnoni (Art Direction), Gianni Silvestri (Art Direction), Iole Cecchini (Hair Designer), Fabrizio Sforza (Makeup Artist), Stefano Bolzoni (Production Manager), Mario Cotone (Production Supervisor), Michael Saxton (Post Production Supervisor), Biao Wang (Assistant Director), Gino De Rossi (Special Effects), Ann Tasker (Unit Publicist), Maurice Binder (Title Graphics), Catherine Hodgson (Assistant Editor), Angelo Novi (Still Photographer), Suzanne Durrenberger (Continuity)
CREDITS
Hemdale Film Corporation, Recorded Pictures Company, Soprofilms, TAO Film, Yanco