Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 163 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- China, France, Italy, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- suicide
- experiment
- china
- isolation
- buddhism
- becoming an adult
- war crimes
- suicide attempt
- war on drugs
- revolution
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
John Lone
Pu Yi (Adult)
Joan Chen
Wan Jung
Peter O'Toole
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Ruocheng Ying
The Governor
- Victor Wong — Chen Pao Shen
- Dennis Dun — Big Li
- Ryuichi Sakamoto — Amakasu
- Maggie Han — Eastern Jewel
- Ric Young — Interrogator
- Vivian Wu — Wen Hsiu
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa — Chang
- Jade Go — Ar Mo
- Fumihiko Ikeda — Yoshioka
- Richard Vuu — Pu Yi (3 years)
- Tsou Tijger — Pu Yi (8 years)
- Directed
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Written
- Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 1,972 ratings
- Studio
- Soprofilms, TAO Film, Yanco, Recorded Picture Company
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
