"1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world."
The Last Emperor
PG-13 2 hr 43 minNov 18th, 1987History, Drama

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Released November 18th, 1987, 'The Last Emperor' stars John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 43 min, and received a user score of 76 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,591 well-known users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic."

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Watch in Movie Theaters on April 15th, 1988 - Buy The Last Emperor Movie Tickets