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 Qing-dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, presented in the aspect ratio of 2.35:1, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto
- 218-minute television version
- The Italian Traveler, Bernardo Bertolucci, a film by Fernand Moszkowicz tracing the director’s geographic influences, from Parma to China
- Footage taken by Bertolucci while on preproduction in China
- Two documentaries about the making of the film
- Program featuring cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, editor Gabriella Cristiani, costume designer James Acheson, and art director Gianni Silvestri
- Archival interview with Bertolucci
- Interviews with composer David Byrne and cultural historian Ian Buruma
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic David Thomson, a reminiscence by Bertolucci, interviews with production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti and actor Ying Ruocheng, and an essay by Fabien S. Gerard
Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, presented in the aspect ratio of 2.35:1, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto
- 218-minute television version
- The Italian Traveler, Bernardo Bertolucci, a film by Fernand Moszkowicz tracing the director’s geographic influences, from Parma to China
- Footage taken by Bertolucci while on preproduction in China
- Two documentaries about the making of the film
- Program featuring cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, editor Gabriella Cristiani, costume designer James Acheson, and art director Gianni Silvestri
- Archival interview with Bertolucci
- Interviews with composer David Byrne and cultural historian Ian Buruma
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic David Thomson, a reminiscence by Bertolucci, interviews with production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti and actor Ying Ruocheng, and an essay by Fabien S. Gerard
Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Cast
- John Lone
- Puyi
- Joan Chen
- Wan Jung
- Peter O’Toole
- Reginald Johnston
- Ying Ruocheng
- The governor
- Victor Wong
- Chen Pao Shen
- Dennis Dun
- Big Li
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Amakasu
- Maggie Han
- Eastern Jewel
- Ric Young
- Interrogator
- Wu Jun Mei
- Wen Hsiu
- Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Chang
- Jade Go
- Ar Mo
- Fumihiko Ikeda
- Yoshioka
- Richard Vuu
- Puyi (three years)
- Tijger Tsou
- Puyi (eight years)
- Wu Tao
- Puyi (fifteen years)
- Fan Guang
- Pu Chieh (adult)
- Henry Kyi
- Pu Chieh (seven years)
- Alvin Riley III
- Pu Chieh (fourteen years)
- Lisa Lu
- Tzu Hsui
- Hideo Takamatsu
- General Ishikari
- Hajime Tachibana
- Japanese translator
- Basil Pao
- Prince Chun
- Jiang Xi Ren
- Lord chamberlain
- Chen Kaige
- Captain of Imperial Guard
- Zhang Liangbin
- Big Foot
- Huang Wenjie
- Hunchback
- Liang Dong
- Lady Aisin-Gioro
- Dong Zhendong
- Old doctor
- Dong Jiechen
- Doctor
- Constantine Gregory
- Oculist
- Soong Huaikuei
- Lung Yu
- Shao Ruzhen
- First high consort
- Li Yu
- Second high consort
- Li Guangli
- Third high consort
- Xu Chunqing
- Gray Eyes
- Zhang Tianmin
- Old tutor
- Luo Hongnian
- Sleeping old tutor
- Yu Shihong
- Hsiao Hsiu
- Wu Jun
- Wen Hsiu (twelve years)
- Lucia Hwong
- Lady of the Book
- Cui Jingping
- Lady of the Pen
- Wu Hai
- Republican officer
- Gu Junguo
- Tang
- Xu Tongrui
- Captain of Feng’s Army
- Li Fusheng
- Minister of trade
- Chen Shu
- Chang Chinghui
- Cheng Shuyan
- Lady Hiro Saga
- Zhang Daxing
- Tough warder
- Zu Ruigang
- Second warder
- Jin Yuan
- Party boss
- Akira Ikuta
- Japanese doctor
- Michael Vermaaten
- American
- Matthew Spender
- Englishman
Credits
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Producer
- Jeremy Thomas
- Screenplay
- Mark Peploe
- Screenplay
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cinematographer
- Vittorio Storaro
- Editor
- Gabriella Cristiani
- Production designer
- Ferdinando Scarfiotti
- Costume designer
- James Acheson
- Art director
- Maria-Teresa Barbasso
- Art director
- Gianni Giovagnoni
- Art director
- Gianni Silvestri
- Music by
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Music by
- David Byrne
- Music by
- Cong Su
- Casting director
- Joanna Merlin
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