The Last Emperor (1987)

Peter O'Toole, Vivian Wu, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Joan Chen

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 luxu