The Last Emperor (1987)

Cast

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
as Chang
Peter O'Toole
as Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston
Joan Chen
as Wan Jung
Victor Wong
as Chen Pao Shen

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Genres & Description

Biography Drama History

7.8 / 10

This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's tumultuous reign. After being captured by the Red Army as a war criminal in 1950, Pu-Yi recalls his childhood from prison. He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he was afforded every luxury but unfortunately sheltered from the outside world and complex political situation surrounding him. As revolution sweeps through China, the world Pu-Yi knew is dramatically upended.

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Comments on this trailer
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Dirty Sanchez

The other trailer was much more well made. - @Monday, July 24, 2017 9:34 PM

Anna Shipley

What is the music from? - @Monday, October 14, 2013 5:46 PM

Will Schmidt

English is the most spoken language on earth if you count it being known as a second language. Mandarin is the most widely spoken language on earth as a first language. - @Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:07 AM

Blasthood

Actually the most spoken language is Chinese, then Spanish, then English... - @Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:01 AM

lord zilu

China made several movies based on Russia history and in these Chinese movies all the actors/actress are all Russians and they all speak Russian language And these movies in China theater also use Chinese sub-title This is how a good movie should be made. - @Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:52 PM

14MrRene

u sure i thought chinese was the most spoken language - @Friday, April 26, 2013 10:55 PM

PenttiLinkola23

You confuse native speakers with total speakers. - @Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:37 AM

tomkasto

That i could agree on. But you cannot deny that the English language on a worldwide/international level is bigger than Chinese. What do western countries for the most part teach the kids in school as secondary language? English. Every youth of this generation are so accustomed to the English language being on internet and all other social platforms evolves into better ability to speak/type in English and eventually turns fully into their second language. - @Friday, February 15, 2013 7:10 AM

LOOSE CANNON

Maybe he ment that Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world as a native language. - @Friday, February 15, 2013 6:26 AM

Ares Craft

I think that person is talking about how a lot of movies try to show foreign country with actors speaking in poor English. Rather than having actors speaking poor broken English, just have them speak either their native tongue or Good English altogether. - @Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:24 AM

Leslie Hennell

Thats probabily because you dont open yourself up to the Chinese people walking all around you. Mandarin like it or not dwarfs english as the most spoken language in the world with 14%, english a sub par 5% world population, geography doesnt come into account just population. Come to Reading UK yes UK and town centre, its like spot the english language my friend!!!! So youre reply was fail unfortunately. - @Monday, January 28, 2013 10:03 PM

Leslie Hennell

Actually get your facts straight, Mandarin, which is part of Chinese and spoken in China is the language most spoken in the world, with spanish being second, English being 3rd....! - @Monday, January 28, 2013 9:58 PM

matthouse71

Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world because it is the most effective language, but only in China !! Actually English is the most WIDESPREAD language !! :) - @Friday, December 28, 2012 9:48 PM

elvemage32

no, search it up - @Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:03 AM

tomkasto

That's a stupid thing to say. Just because China got a very big population doesn't mean Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world per say. Besides USA, England. Australia, Canada and all former British colonies, English language is spreading around the world as the number one language. That's just fact. Trust me. If you go for vacation in Europe, Middle East, Africa you're more likely to find someone speaking English than Chinese. - @Tuesday, December 25, 2012 4:43 PM

Gravnarg

Mandarin is the most spoken first language in the world, but English has the most overall speakers - @Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:48 PM

elvemage32

FYI Chinese ( Mandarin ) is the most spoken language in the world. Don't say something if it's not true - @Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:19 AM

ROGERDERBY

Actually the most spoken language in the world is Mandarin - @Tuesday, December 4, 2012 11:11 PM

VanSisean

If I'm not mistaken, it's a generic instrumental version of If I Never Knew You..., from Disney's Pocahontas. - @Saturday, November 24, 2012 1:03 AM

ISIS gaming الله أكبر

What's the song playing at 0:24? I REALLY WANT TO HEAR THE FULL SONG BAD! - @Sunday, November 11, 2012 4:20 PM

gheran

manchu was a dead language by this stage and really only used on particular occasions. - @Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:35 AM

gheran

I don't know how good your sources are but Puyi never really had any control over his early life. He was very much a victim of circumstance and given the proper opportunity would have made a great leader as you can see in his later life he's really done some great things. But sometimes you just have to take what you can get, and do the best you can under the circumstances. - @Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:33 AM

distance5000

Even Puyi himself can't speak Manchu. He was the 12th Manchu Emperor, and the 10th that ruled the entire China. In fact, during the reign of Manchu's 6th Emperor, there were already members of the imperial family who failed to understand spoken Manchu Language. It is simply hard to stick to one's own language for generations in a large country where the vast majority speak another language. - @Monday, September 24, 2012 7:03 AM

Boris Rédli

they still managed to shoot a beautiful movie. - @Wednesday, September 19, 2012 11:45 AM

ISSAY68

i would rather read the subtitle of the movie......nothing compares to the original. - @Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:37 AM

Fergus Barragry

this trailer's kinda dumb. It makes Pu Yi out to be some kind of Chinese national hero or great leader. When in fact he was a fairly weak complicated individual. Interesting and to some degree good. But he wouldn't have made a good leader for a country as powerful or large as china. - @Friday, April 6, 2012 11:24 PM

truthseeker33169

Favorite movie of all time!!!! - @Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:09 PM

Zheng Slaughter

@kuinosenmonkey lol noob on the payroll of japanese right wings - @Sunday, February 5, 2012 4:26 PM

Uw0tm8

this movie is so slow, i found it hard to like - @Saturday, January 7, 2012 3:04 AM

Nicole Ng

Emperor PuYi <3 - @Tuesday, December 27, 2011 8:14 PM

TheChicagoguy

Ricky Tan lol - @Monday, October 17, 2011 2:22 AM

Technologicaltransfo

Perhaps they should have spoken Manchu. - @Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:28 PM

HSofRapture1

Whoops, I thought this was about Fedor - @Friday, August 26, 2011 10:12 PM

Jean-Pierre Le troisième

@Se7enClub Because it is not a Chinese production first and then English is the language the most spoken in the world. The director is Italian you should be lucky that the language selected was not in Italian. You still can get this movie with Chinese subtitles if you rather... - @Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:09 AM

Rica May Baya

Nice1 . III - 7 (DAY) - @Monday, August 15, 2011 1:14 PM

Ehvera

@Se7enClub the sad truth is that if this movie was made in chinese it would no way have been as near as popular as it is - @Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:24 PM

Chica Argenta

i hope someone can help me on this one...does anybody know if Colonel Yoshioka in the movie his character is based on a Colonel who´s name was Yasunori Yoshioka he was like the boss of pu yi. does anybody know if in the movie his character is based on that real yoshioka? or is just concidence? - @Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:34 PM

ImperialGuard9001

@ImAllFact He got what he deserved he end his life as Party represent so he life out half of his life confortble until his death Mao like him so alow him to live and was pardoned for his crimes he probaly deserved worst - @Monday, July 18, 2011 1:52 AM

ImperialGuard9001

@canadaempireloyalist The last Ming Emperor wasnt killed by Manchu he killed himself along with his household when Rebels besiege him the Ming Dinasty wasnt better than the others I like them but by its fall was decadent corrupt and rebelious just like the Quing would be in end the takeover by Quing was natural process the Manchu didnt killed Ming they kill the rebels with Ming Loyalists the short run Shun Dynasty - @Monday, July 18, 2011 1:50 AM

Giel1987

What fascinates me most about this movie is that it shows how a radical a human's life can change. He starts as a traditional emperor, and he ends as a gardener... - @Monday, June 27, 2011 9:11 AM

Peter Byron

@GJGJ654 yep. - @Friday, June 10, 2011 12:20 AM

Myron Martin

"10,000 years," I love this movie - @Thursday, April 7, 2011 1:08 AM

G36Ghost

Over the ranting of a little atheistic prick, I'd pick this any day. - @Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:15 PM

richard correa

EMPIRE OF THE SUN! WOOO.. wayyyyy better - @Wednesday, March 2, 2011 12:21 AM

folladordeprostis

Bernardo bertolucci does not make movies anymore? - @Friday, February 18, 2011 6:12 AM

Scoots McGee

idk, i didnt reallly care for that movie honestly... It was dumb, it just wasnt good - @Monday, January 17, 2011 4:35 PM

FoolishInTheEnd

so was this dubbed? or was it made in english? - @Sunday, January 16, 2011 9:16 PM

Dechiodi

i don't care it is in english - @Sunday, January 9, 2011 3:44 AM

Gerben Nugteren

actually the version we all saw, the 165 minute one, IS the director's cut. the longer 218 minute one is NOT the director's cut its a television release. - @Sunday, December 5, 2010 11:32 PM

Igor Čanović

fedor emelianenko,,, - @Sunday, November 28, 2010 2:58 PM