The Last Emperor (1987) - Credits and Details

The Last Emperor Credits and Details

Directed by
	Bernardo Bertolucci
Written by
	Enzo Ungari
	Mark Peploe
	Bernardo Bertolucci
	Puyi
Cast
	John Lone	...	Pu Yi (Adult)
	Joan Chen	...	Wan Jung
	Peter O'Toole	...	Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
	Ruocheng Ying	...	The Governor (as Ying Ruocheng)
	Victor Wong	...	Chen Pao Shen
	Dennis Dun	...	Big Li
	Ryuichi Sakamoto	...	Amakasu (as Ryûichi Sakamoto)
	Maggie Han	...	Eastern Jewel
	Ric Young	...	Interrogator
	Vivian Wu	...	Wen Hsiu (as Wu Jun Mei)
	Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Chang (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)
	Jade Go	...	Ar Mo
	Fumihiko Ikeda	...	Yoshioka
	Richard Vuu	...	Pu Yi (3 years)
	Tsou Tijger	...	Pu Yi (8 years) (as Tijger Tsou)
	Tao Wu	...	Pu Yi (15 years) (as Wu Tao)
	Guang Fan	...	Pu Chieh (Adult) (as Fan Guang)
	Henry Kyi	...	Pu Chieh (7 years)
	Alvin Riley III	...	Pu Chieh (14 years)
	Lisa Lu	...	Tzu Hsui
	Hideo Takamatsu	...	General Ishikari
	Hajime Tachibana	...	Japanese Translator
	Basil Pao	...	Prince Chun
	Henry O	...	Lord Chamberlain (as Jiang Xi Ren)
	Kaige Chen	...	Captain of Imperial Guard (as Chen Kai Ge)
	Liangbin Zhang	...	Big Foot (as Zhang Liangbin)
	Wenjie Huang	...	Hunchback (as Huang Wenjie)
	Dong Liang	...	Lady Aisin-Gioro (as Liang Dong)
	Zhendong Dong	...	Old Doctor (as Dong Zhendong)
	Jiechen Dong	...	Doctor (as Dong Jiechen)
	Constantine Gregory	...	Oculist
	Huaikuei Soong	...	Lung Yu (as Soong Huaikuei)
	Ruzhen Shao	...	First High Consort (as Shao Ruzhen)
	Li Yu	...	Second High Consort
	Guangli Li	...	Third High Consort (as Li Guangli)
	Chunqing Xu	...	Grey Eyes (as Xu Chunqing)
	Tianmin Zhang	...	Old Tutor (as Zhang Tianmin)
	Hongnian Luo	...	Sleeping Old Tutor (as Luo Hongnian)
	Shihong Yu	...	Hsiao Hsiu (as Yu Shihong)
	Jun Wu	...	Wen Hsiu (12 years) (as Wu Jun)
	Lucia Hwong	...	Lady of the Book
	Jingping Cui	...	Lady of the Pen (as Cui Jingping)
	Liang Shi	...	Republican Officer (as Wu Hai)
	Junguo Gu	...	Tang (as Gu Junguo)
	Xu Tongrui	...	Captain of Feng's Army
	Fusheng Li	...	Minister of Trade (as Li Fusheng)
	Shu Chen	...	Chang Chinghui (as Chen Shu)
	Shuyan Cheng	...	Lady Hiro Saga (as Cheng Shuyan)
	Daxing Zhang	...	Tough Warder (as Zhang Daxing)
	Ruigang Zu	...	Second Warder (as Zu Ruigang)
	Yuan Jin	...	Party Boss (as Jin Yuan)
	Akira Ikuta	...	Japanese Doctor
	Michael Vermaaten	...	American
	Matthew Spender	...	Englishman
Uncredited Cast
	Hongxiang Cai	...	Scarface
	Xinmin Cui	...	Japanese Bodyguard
	Zhenduo Li	...	Dignitary
	Shigang Luo	...	Chang Chinghui's Secretary
	Guang Ma	...	Japanese Bodyguard
	Glen Murphy	...	Captain
	Biao Wang	...	Prisoner
	Baozong Yang	...	General Yuan Shikai
	Hongchang Yang	...	Scribe
	Lingmu Zhang	...	Emperor Hirohito
Produced by
	John Daly
	Franco Giovale
	Joyce Herlihy
	Jeremy Thomas
Original Music by
	David Byrne
	Ryuichi Sakamoto
	Cong Su

Additional Info
Premiere:	October 04, 1987
Theatrical Release:	April 15, 1988
DVD Release:	February 23, 1999
Blu-ray Release:	December 30, 2014
Countries:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
7.7 / 10	76 / 100

Production Companies
Yanco Films Limited
TAO Film
Recorded Picture Company (RPC) (in association with)
Screenframe (in association with)
AAA Soprofilms (in association with)

Distributors
Columbia Pictures (1987) (United States) (theatrical)
Nelson Entertainment (1988) (United States) (VHS)
TBS Superstation (1995) (United States) (TV)
Artisan Entertainment (1998) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
Artisan Home Entertainment (1998) (United States) (VHS)
Nelson Entertainment (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
The Criterion Collection (2008) (United States) (Blu-ray)
The Criterion Collection (2008) (United States) (DVD)
HBO Max (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video)

Filming Locations
Beijing Studios, Beijing, China (Studio)
Beijing, China
Changchun Railway Station, Changchun, China (opening arrival)
Changchun, China
China
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy (Studio)
Dalian, China (used as city of Tientsin)
Forbidden City, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy (Studio) (pre-production)
Italy
Manchuria, China
Moorish Hall, Palazzo dei Congressi, Salsomaggiore Terme, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Tientsin nightclub interior)
Passenger Terminal, Dalian, China (Tientsin pier from which Johnston departs)
Puppet Manchurian Imperial Palace Museum, Changchun, China (Pu Yi's Palace in Manchukuo)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Summer Palace, Beijing, China (Pu Yi and Pu Chieh visit the High Consorts)

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