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The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor is a 1987 autobiographical film which tells the life story of Ai-xin-jue-luo Pu-yi, the last Emperor of China. It stars John Lone[?], Joan Chen[?], Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying[?], Victor Wong[?], Dennis Dun[?], Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han[?], Ric Young[?] and Vivian Wu[?].

The movie was written by Mark Peploe[?] and Bernardo Bertolucci, and directed by Bertolucci.

It won every Academy Award for which it was nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Score, Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

This was the first film ever authorized by the government of China to film in the Forbidden City.



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