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The last emperor [digital videodisc] / Jeremy Thomas presents ; a film by Bernardo Bertolucci ; screenplay by Mark Peploe with Bernardo Bertolucci ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci ; made by Yanco Films Limited and Tao Film SRL ; in association with Recorded Picture Company (Productions) Limited, Screenframe Limited, AAA Soprofilms.

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Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2008]

Puyi, 1906-1967 -- Drama.

China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Drama.

China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Drama.

China -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 422.

1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.).

A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his exploitation by the invading Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo from 1932 to 1945. He returned to public life in 1959, just another peasant worker in the People's Republic, and died as a gardener at the Botanical Gardens of Peking.

Academy Award, 1987: Best director.

Academy Award, 1987: Best picture.

Academy Award, 1987: Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium.

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