THE LAST EMPEROR (1987)
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
DramaOscar WinnersPolitics1900-19191920s1930s1940s1950sBiopicTrue StoriesHistoricalBAFTA WinnersRecommended
Plot
A biography of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three was named the Emperor of China and died as a gardener at the Botanical Gardens of Peking. Told in an interesting flashback/flashforward style, we learn of Pu Yi's childhood, the time he spent in the Forbidden City, his term as the emperor of Japan's Manchukuo, his imprisonment by the Communists and his eventual release back to public life in 1959. A true epic with a cast of millions.