The last emperor movie

The Last Emperor (1987) - John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole

Tao Wu and Joan Chen in The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

Gung hay fat choy! As the Frock Flicker of Asian descent, it falls on me to wish you a happy Chinese New Year. We’re entering the Year of the Ram (or Goat or Sheep) today, which is supposed t…

(1987) The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor (1987, Bernardo Bertolucci) / Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro

(1987) The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated—quite a feat for a challenging, multilayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an international cast. Yet the scope of the film was, and remains, undeniably powerful—the life of Emperor Puyi, who took the throne in 1908, at age three, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating…

Joan Chen Last Emperor