L'ultimo imperatore (1987)
Manciuria, confine tra Unione Sovietica e Cina, anno 1950. Un treno militare proveniente dalla Russia sovietica e carico di criminali di guerra accusati di aver collaborato con l'invasore giapponese durante la guerra fa il suo arrivo in un avamposto della Repubblica Popolare Cinese. Tra i prigionieri vi è Aisin Gioro Pu Yi, l'ultimo e ormai ex imperatore cinese: non si distingue per nulla dagli altri prigionieri, e i soldati lo trattano con la stessa durezza che riservano agli altri ostaggi. Facendo drammaticamente i conti con un avvenire nei panni di un carcerato senza importanza e prospettive, peraltro alla totale mercé di un feroce e onnipotente regime comunista, tenta il suicidio tagliandosi le vene e immergendole nell'acqua calda di uno squallido gabinetto. Mentre i guardiani tentano di sfondare la porta, intuendo il sospetto, la mente del moribondo inizia a rievocare la sua vita fin dal primo ricordo d'infanzia.
Direttore:
Bernardo Bertolucci
Scrittori:
Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci.
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John Lone as Pu Yi (Adult) |
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Joan Chen as Wan Jung |
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Peter O'Toole as Reginald Johnston (R.J.) |
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Ruocheng Ying as The Governor |
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Victor Wong as Chen Pao Shen |
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Dennis Dun as Big Li |
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坂本龍一 as Amakasu |
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Maggie Han as Eastern Jewel |
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Ric Young as Interrogator |
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邬君梅 as Wen Hsiu |
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Chang |
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Jade Go as Ar Mo |
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Fumihiko Ikeda as Yoshioka |
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Richard Vuu as Pu Yi (3 years) |
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Tsou Tijger as Pu Yi (8 years) |
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Tao Wu as Pu Yi (15 years) |
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Guang Fan as Pu Chieh (Adult) |
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Henry Kyi as Pu Chieh (7 years) |
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Alvin Riley III as Pu Chieh (14 years) |
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Lisa Lu as Tzu Hsui |
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高松英郎 as General Ishikari |
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Hajime Tachibana as Japanese Translator |
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Basil Pao as Prince Chun |
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Henry O as Lord Chamberlain |
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Chen Kaige as Captain of Imperial Guard |
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Liangbin Zhang as Big Foot |
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Wenjie Huang as Hunchback |
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Dong Liang as Lady Aisin-Gioro |
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Zhendong Dong as Old Doctor |
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Jiechen Dong as Doctor |
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Constantine Gregory as Oculist |
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Huaikuei Soong as Lung Yu |
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Ruzhen Shao as First High Consort |
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于莉 as Second High Consort |
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Guangli Li as Third High Consort |
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Chunqing Xu as Grey Eyes |
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Zhang Tianmin as Old Tutor |
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Hongnian Luo as Sleeping Old Tutor |
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Shihong Yu as Hsiao Hsiu |
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Jun Wu as Wen Hsiu (12 years) |
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Lucia Hwong as Lady of the Book |
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Jingping Cui as Lady of the Pen |
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石凉 as Republican Officer |
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Junguo Gu as Tang |
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Xu Tongrui as Captain of Feng's Army |
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Fusheng Li as Minister of Trade |
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Chen Shu as Chang Chinghui |
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Shuyan Cheng as Lady Hiro Saga |
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Daxing Zhang as Tough Warder |
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Ruigang Zu as Second Warder |
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Yuan Jin as Party Boss |
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Akira Ikuta as Japanese Doctor |
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Michael Vermaaten as American |
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Matthew Spender as Englishman |
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Cai Hongxiang as Scarface (uncredited) |
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Glen Murphy as Captain (uncredited) |
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Biao Wang as Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Sound | Bill Rowe | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Aisin-Gioro Puyi | Author |
| Writing | Mark Peploe | Screenplay |
| Production | John Daly | Producer |
| Directing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Director |
| Sound | 坂本龍一 | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Bruno Cesari | Production Design |
| Sound | David Byrne | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Franco Giovale | Producer |
| Writing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Screenplay |
| Production | Joyce Herlihy | Producer |
| Editing | Gabriella Cristiani | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Acheson | Costume Design |
| Art | Ferdinando Scarfiotti | Production Design |
| Camera | Vittorio Storaro | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ivan Sharrock | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Nicoletta Peyran | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Maurice Binder | Main Title Designer |
| Directing | Ning Ying | Assistant Director |
| Production | Stefano Bolzoni | Production Manager |
| Production | Joanna Merlin | Casting |
| Sound | Su Cong | Music |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Production Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Sforza | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Angelo Novi | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Michael Saxton | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Biao Wang | Assistant Director |
| Art | Maria Teresa Barbasso | Art Direction |
| Crew | Gino De Rossi | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iole Cecchini | Hair Designer |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Producer |
| Art | Gianni Giovagnoni | Art Direction |
| Art | Gianni Silvestri | Art Direction |
| Crew | Ann Tasker | Unit Publicist |
| Editing | Catherine Hodgson | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Suzanne Durrenberger | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | 孙焕香 | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Mauro Marchetti | Camera Operator |
