The Last Emperor

1987 · Movies · 2h 43m · Drama, History

bittersweet

Major character dies

Downer ending

Jumps forward in time at the end

How it ends

Pu Yi becomes a gardener and dies quietly, fading into history after visiting the Forbidden City.

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Overview

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.