The Last Emperor
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Originally produced as an international motion picture in 1987.
Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; Trailer (3 min.); booklet features the essay "The Last Emperor: or the Manchurian Candidate" by David Thomson.
Manchuria, 1950 -- Peking, 1908 -- First coronation -- Young emperor -- Criminal -- Pu Chieh -- New republic -- Reginald Johnston -- First lesson -- Protests -- Grief -- Spectacles -- Two wives -- Strangers -- Confession -- Reforms -- Departures -- Life outside -- Secondary consort -- Tientsin, 1931 -- Manchuria, 1934 -- Second coronation -- New quarters -- Manchuria, 1935 -- Puppet -- Russians -- Freedom -- Peking, 1967 -- Citizen -- Color bars.
John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Wu Jun Mei, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Jade Go, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto.
A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his exploitation by the invading Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo from 1932 to 1945. He returned to public life in 1959, just another peasant worker in the People's Republic, and died as a gardener at the Botanical Gardens of Peking.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital surround sound; widescreen presentation, director approved aspect ratio 2.00:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; restored, high-definition digital transfer.
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Dramatic submitted by desuka81 on August 2, 2021, 4:36pm A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his exploitation by the invading Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo from 1932 to 1945. He returned to public life in 1959, just another peasant worker in the People's Republic, and died as a gardener at the Botanical Gardens of Peking.
SERIES
The Criterion collection
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In English, Chinese, and Japanese, with optional subtitles in English.
PUBLISHED
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1604651067
9781604651065
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bertolucci, Bernardo.
Thomas, Jeremy.
Peploe, Mark.
Lone, John, 1952-
Chen, Joan, 1961-
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013.
Ying, Ruocheng.
Wong, Victor.
Dun, Dennis.
Wu, Vivian, 1966-
Han, Maggie, 1959-
Young, Ric.
Go, Jade.
Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki.
Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-
Storaro, Vittorio, 1940-
Yanco Films.
Tao Film SRL (Firm)
Recorded Picture Company.
Screenframe Limited (Firm)
AAA Soprofilms (Film)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Puyi, -- 1906-1967 -- Drama.
Nationalists -- China -- Drama.
Communists -- China -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Political prisoners -- China -- Drama.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Drama.
China -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Drama.
China -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Drama.
Feature films -- China.
Feature films -- Italy.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.