The Last Emperor [1987] Official Trailer

Aisin Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China, has a sheltered upbringing till his world gets turned upside down by the Chinese revolution, a subsequent exile and an inconspicuous end.
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Produced by: Jeremy Thomas
Twitter: @recordedpicture

[@NewJeffersonian]

It's been said the greatest challenge to understanding Chinese history is that there is so much of it. This beautiful film manages to take us through seven turbulent decades in China with every one of its 163 minutes a feast for the eye.

[@hamzarouri8454]

One of the most overlooked best picture winners. I absolutely love this film.

[@sandracmyers]

Overlooked where?

[@hamzarouri8454]

@@sandracmyers I say that, because I don't think it's nearly as widely seen or talked about as other BP winners like The Godfather or, Rocky, or even Midnight Cowboy. Or at least from some of the circles I'm in.

[@nuffzed2001]

I disliked the fact Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris) directed this film Another film which Bertolucci did a disservice for because of its direction - The Sheltering Sky, a Paul Bowles book made into a corny Hollywood film (with nice visuals), Paul Bowles himself disowned the adaptation

[@hamzarouri8454]

@@nuffzed2001 Yeah, as much as I love The Last Emperor, and The Conformist, I will admit Bertolucci is a hit and miss director. For example, I really could not stand The Dreamers and the aforementioned Last Tango in Paris. Also his shady behavior in latter film, makes me dislike that film more.

[@aztro4010]

I never liked Bertolucci the only films I like from him are The Last Emperor and The Conformist.

[@animeadgamesnews]

Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto , who 　was described as "the world's Sakamoto," passed away at a hospital in Tokyo on March 28. he is 71 years old. He is from Tokyo. His funeral was held at his family funeral. In the 1980s, he produced world-famous hits with the three-piece band "Yellow Magic Orchestra" (YMO), and in 1988 he became the first Japanese to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score for the American movie "The Last Emperor." Although he battled cancer in his later years, he remained passionate about making music.

[@jodysanders6445]

Thank you for this message. This soundtrack has inspired and soothes me for over 30 years

[@diegodilberto4218]

The film is everything but American

[@iambabygirlfranklin3117]

I use to watch this all the time when I was around 12 13, never knew the name of it but it stuck with me. Im 38 now and decided to try and find it on youtube and got lucky thanks for posting this so happy

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Bernardo Bertolucci (March 16, 1941 - November 26, 2018), aged 77 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@mandyakj999]

RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto, for adding splendid sounds to sights

[@AlexeyM1895]

They don`t make movies like this anymore...

[@connie2202002]

They only make superhero movies now.

[@thehistorynerd4845]

@@connie2202002 they make movies about people that never existed. Even the trailer of this movie gives me goosebumps.

[@danielstack4158]

Yes they do, there is a movie coming out about Napoleon starring Joaquin Phoenix.

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

I read a good article about how movies are terrible these days. They make these comic and superhero movies because teenagers and young adults have the attentions spans of a gnat. They would not be able to sit through a three and a half hour movie today.

[@danielstack4158]

@@Gildedbutterfly1976 I agree to a point, but there are still creative people out there making amazing movies. There are still big name actors taking parts in smaller, independent movies because they believe in the work. Look at the Safdie brothers, killing it. Sandler was great in Uncut Gems. That would've been a movie Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel would have loved.

[@jeremysimmsMEF]

My father took me to see this in 1988 in preparation for our trip to China. It was - and is - stunningly beautiful even to a small-town 14-year-old boy. A few months later we were inside the Forbidden City and all I could think about was Pu Yi running around, alone amid the sycophants, and throwing his pet mouse at the gate that held him in.

[@casercaser6413]

你不知道China的可怕.....

[@TheartofboxingMEX]

@@casercaser6413america is an Indian graveyard

[@T-co4wv]

骂来骂去就这几个点有啥意思？墙内墙外都被别人的节奏带着走

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

This is such a beautiful movie. I saw it alone in the theater when I was eleven years old. I remember being glued to the screen. These were amazing movies deserving of an Oscar and not the garbage out today. I doubt an eleven year old today would be able to sit through ten minutes of this movie. They have the attention spans of a gnat!

[@rammone5241]

So did I, back then an eleven year old can go watch a show by themselves and no one said a thing, then Empire of the Sun same year, I enjoy sweating my butt off mowing lawns so i could pay my own way to watch the shows that year of 87. I was flipping channels last week an The Last Emperor was on, not sure what channel it was but I was tuned in as I was back in 87, my wife who never saw it or was just barely arriving in the US have not even heard of it. I want her to watch Empire of the Sun also but she was not into it but she sure loves watchin Gunsmoke and the Riflemen everyday, knows all the actors and when they live or died, go figure.

[@youandshelovesme]

The film is never garbage out and it hit a great record in the Asian Market in 1987 to 1988 and it was all the way a classic movie to all of us. Probably it was not well known to the Westerners but it was so popular in Hong Kong.

[@susanjensen9612]

you know you can compliment a movie without shitting on children

[@Kickitonetimeboy123]

Just want to say that you are really beautiful 🌼 and i loved that movie to hope you have a lovely day 🌼🌼🌼

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

@@youandshelovesme I meant the movies out today are garbage. I was not referring to this one.

[@user-hw7dm9ik4p]

Bertolucci you knew the essence of china monarchy, it's been privileged to see your excellent works

[@artjimeneziii8499]

Beautifully done but overdramatic and not the real pu yi bio

[@sandracmyers]

Yes

[@norskawarrior1919]

Cinematic art can be so breathtaking and moving. This piece of art was epic, the colors, sounds, textures and layers flowing in and out. Amazing how they can take the story of an absolutely horrid man and turn him into a complex, misunderstood, soft spoken, gentile man. That's awesome art.

[@ericgonzalez4815]

Needs to be remastered and in theaters

[@gm3190]

It's based on the book Puyi himself wrote at the request of Mao. That book has been challenged for its accuracy. Nevertheless, that book gave us this splendid film....

[@user-op7bb4di5n]

The world will never make such a good movie again.

[@chrisbacos]

Bernardo Bertolucci RIP

[@MatthewCaligari]

I remember watching this movie when it first came out in 1987, gosh I was only 7-8 years old at the time. Still a really good solid movie.

[@Venom70787]

Mathew you should have started watching as an infant.

[@pearlseokjin1769]

This is an old movie but its worth to watch! Five stars!

[@Sandlot1992]

+Pearl22 this came out in 1987!

[@puterboy2]

Richard Canipe 30 years ago.

[@philipzamora4259]

Yup. Sometimes you just have to accept the fact that things you remember as if they were yesterday are ancient to the new generation. Heck, I was born in '83 and I realize that most of the things I loved growing up are seen as totally retro by today's standards.

[@CityHunter_Kai]

in art, there is no old or new, just good or bad

[@elypse77]

Sorry about replying now to your comment, but I have just read it. Now your comment is old too ! Surprise ! Glad you like the film, but it seems you must miss plenty of excellent films just because they are "old", as if that meant an automatic burden or downgrade, and they are not worth watching anymore. GL enjoying cinema and having cinema culture. My humble advice: give more chances to old movies, you may find many more "Last Emperors".

[@manusia319]

One of the greatest movie I’ve ever watched

[@odette4059]

the lost art of actually having a physical set for movies. And distinct cultures, not influenced too much by the west. How beautiful.

[@nickpatricks2757]

The movie is a nice one. I watched it as a kid. It speaks of many things happening today. I heard that someone that helped make the movie just recently died or was killed. 71 May his soul rest in peace. The Last Emperor Emperor for 10,000 years. So Accurate. So Precise.

[@Bohemian0522]

Mr Ryuichi Sakamoto, who composed the man theme of the movie, has passed away in late March due to cancer. You may have heard some of his other famous work, such as Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.

[@summerwine121]

Watching that movie so many times in my youth, i never realised the significance of cutting that "queue". That toddler Puyi is so so so cute!

[@alvarez6487]

The movie humanized Puyi. Puyi was a boy born in royalty & later became a useful tool for the Japanese occupation of Manchuria but there was something more to that. He was a boy captive in his own family legacy. He could not think for himself nor could he leave his palace. He was a trapped bird. A depressed boy wanting affection from the people around him. He wanted to be treated as a human being not as a tool in a power struggle. Although he had agency when he chose to represent manchuko, the Japanese colonial occupation of Manchuria regardless of his intentions. Funny enough, The PRC treated him differently though. Mostly one would kill the king to end any attempts of his followers fighting on his behalf because to his follower he seen as a god. Sort of like what the red army did to the Tsar. Mao OTOH granted him freedom and asked Puyi to live without special privileges like a regular citizen. A kind gesture.

[@kingkongPl]

More than 100 mln people died due to Mao's actions. He was a bigger monster than any human ever existed. There is nothing kind about him. Just a simple logic. Killing Puyi would make him immortal, making him a regular citizen shows everyone that he is just a human and not a God.

[@liberadoporpatriotas9028]

It helped him that the chinese follow the mandate of heaven, so surely once overthrown he did not pose a risk anymore in their minds once the mandate was in the CCP hands as they think

[@constantine9142]

Need to rewatch this movie. So well made, wish they did more movies like this.

[@mr1982freeze]

Watch heaven &earth

[@thedivineedgar3029]

favourite film of all time. an absolute masterpiece.

[@denisaragao4094]

Bernardo Bertolucci FOREVER!

[@oni741]

@Denis Silva He will be one of the greatest FOREVER.

[@strawberryblondemilk7249]

One of the best movie posters of all time I've actually never seen this film but the video always stood out in the video store when I was a child. I'll have to watch it soon as its image has always been stuck in my head.

[@lauraxu9039]

Simplemente, maravillosa Una de las mejores películas que he visto en mi vida

[@MrMarlon2020]

Bernardo QEPD Gracias por esta Majestuosa obra De Arte

[@philipzamora4259]

David Byrne's magnificent score gives me chills whenever I hear it. Just a remarkable achievement in film music.

[@annoyinninja2481]

And Ryuichi Sakamoto.

[@YVESYEH]

P all p

[@YVESYEH]

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[@YVESYEH]

Mm mm

[@YVESYEH]

!l

[@dlperk5035]

I have waited for years to play this trailer...such a wonderful film I saw when it was first released nearly forty years ago.

[@stringtheoryguitars4952]

Wow this looks EPIC!!! Sad to say I never watched it, but this preview just won me over.

[@AnnaJo2000]

Same! I haven't watched it either, now I want to watch it. This trailer is just gold.

[@stringtheoryguitars4952]

@@AnnaJo2000 Lemme know when you're gonna watch it and I'll try to do the same. I suggested it on movie night and no one was interested! (no culture I tell ya!) Maybe we can offer our opinions here to encourage others who have lame friends too LOL

[@melissaholman2466]

So have you guys watched it yet? Lol

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

It's an amazing movie! I saw it in the theater alone when I was eleven. I have loved it ever since. This and Empire of the Sun.

[@ukrandr]

It will be on TCM in the next week or so.

[@Scavenger82]

I remember watching this as a little kid, like less than 10yo. To say it had an impact on me is an understatement.

[@iainbremner5202]

I showed this to my students in China, they told me many things about this story

[@oni741]

*RIP Maestro Bertolucci* the last greatest Italian film director ✝️☯

[@sunnytaufiq07]

This is a good movie. Watch it when in high school in the 80s

[@JohnAranita]

Dad, Mom, and I went to Waikiki to watch this movie. Just so happens, there was a lesson in English class at Leilehua High School about this movie.

[@eqchannel5775]

This is a very good movie worthy of an Oscar for best picture.

[@MASH-wc2xo]

i think this is a story of a prisoner who never tried to escape from the prison and everything he did was things that was told by someone else around him.. The pictures and music are marvelous but the idea is very depressing.

[@sayedsohan5305]

It is biography

[@loisaustin6200]

It is a true story. Life tends to be depressing at times.

[@janabroflovski2572]

I've searched it because while I was walking in the street I found a vhs with this film. I decided to search (because I'm too young, I've never seen a vhs before haha) and I found this trailer. I wish I could play it but I don't have an vhs player hehe.

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Ah the days of VHS tapes. Rewinding those things took an hour. 😂😂😂

[@Ironheart73]

Puyi was a prisoner for the most of his life because of his status. He went from being imprisoned inside a fortified castle, to being a puppet ruler, to a political prisoner charged with war crimes. Its only when he became a commoner he finds humanity and freedom. Very powerful movie

[@lpc8278]

Cinematic masterpiece, top 5 of all time.

[@Dawne41]

I’ve just finished watching this, after trying to find it for years. I first watched it when it was released in 1988 and remembered it being absolutely brilliant and had often looked for it on streaming platforms but never found it. My son suggested looking on KZbin and “yay” was available to rent or buy. Is a long film, and I know now why it was difficult to find as it is not at all politically correct but it’s still an amazing watch, especially for history lovers. So glad i found it on here

[@khaldrogo6821]

I love the old trailers

[@lucaschavier1395]

Filme impecavel, em todos os sentidos

[@fdl238]

I just watched the 218-minute version, it was entertaining. John Lone looks good. I just wish he made more movies.

[@tonivang123]

I watched this movie many times. Best movie with real actors.

[@toankute199x]

And Micheal DoucheGlas won the 1987 Oscar while a role at this class didn't even get a nomination! Well said Academy! Well said!

[@TheAnanaki]

It won best picture in 88 lol

[@toankute199x]

Have you read the comment carefully? Hello! I said "ROLE" man! Wake up!

[@ijnet9247]

This one, and Empire of the Sun - both 1987, a great year!

[@fujitafunk]

Both exhilarating and tragic films. There’s something about those two films that carry an air of mystique, intrigue and a haunting look into the histories of East Asia.

[@huyenphuong128]

omg! I love this kind of history movie

[@elizabethbower2168]

Wow this is an absolutely fabulous film I remember watching it when it first came out

[@pola5392]

My favourite film

[@amokay-vi2sx]

John Lone！！爱

[@alan-zl7ee]

Classic 1 of the greatest cinema of all time.

[@hennessy_L]

I don't remember how many times I have watched this movie. It is one of my all-time favorites. China is full of tragedies, and this is one of them.

[@AllenHanPR]

You know why they say 10K years. There is a saying in Chinese. All the servants chant. 10K years! 10K 10K Years!

[@ferdyholim4218]

萬歲 萬歲 萬歲

[@lilMissF0F0]

Thank i was wondering! Do u wish that China is still an empire? Or better as a republic?

[@edwardwong654]

I love this movie. The 2nd time is even better as there is so much to absorb.

[@JS-te2vj]

Damn, looking so handsome at 1:27

[@tardwrangler]

Reminded me of Hirohito lol

[@Orgil.]

@@tardwrangler same

[@GiaielPace]

Incredible film and story

[@hughg.rection6778]

What a great piece of art

[@kasanovaprom9444]

Omg i remember watching this movie a long time ago!

[@zackfisher6893]

1:12 every headteachers reaction to a pupil claiming that he is accused of sending nudes even though he clearly did it.

[@Mikasa186_]

Rest in peace ryuichi sakamoto

[@fiqipraramadhan]

Legit movie, made me feel sad.

[@traceyhedges6792]

The best movie I have ever seen if you like Asian culture this movie is for you

[@Statuskuo75]

John Lone completely overlooked over these greaseballs

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

did you make this trailer

[@choumsnyder1938]

I did watch this movie when it first came out it was the best movie ever ❤️

[@michaelalston4964]

I loved this movie!!

[@litosy9855]

Great film John Lone was incredible in the role of Pu Yi.

[@rikayg]

Oh I love this movie.

[@sandracmyers]

I saw this at the theater, took my grandma , it was incredible. I'd like to see a remake also...Id like a Lot of things though....

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Like a time machine? I saw in the theater too. I miss those days.

[@Thai-sx6fw]

một con người trải qua hai thời kì chuyển giao giữa phong kiến và hiện đại.Từ một vị vua của cả đế chế hùng mạnh cho đến một tù binh và trở thành thường dân cảm giác thật cho tôi thật sự khó tả

[@wulerhaufung9468]

Job nicely done mi director, and Requiescat In Pace

[@user-sy1tt6ng1t]

Chinese who know the meaning of your 头像 will get mad

[@youtubeismycity]

@@user-sy1tt6ng1t do you mind explaining

[@user-hi3bw6yj9v]

A cinematic masterpiece.

[@hellohi1925]

Yall not gonna talk about how Mao was holy moly on point

[@loisaustin6200]

The ending is so very sad it made me cry.

[@frederickzhou7464]

I think puyi had a relatively good ending compared to the last emperors in other countries. Becoming an emperor wasn’t his wish, instead, he was forced. After PRC founded, he finally had right to be an ordinary person.

[@pinomiraglia8256]

Grande artista, Grande regista, Bernardo Bertolucci.

[@mattsmoviemagic8123]

This was one of the first of two western films to be shot in China. *the other being Steven Speilberg's underrated classic, Empire Of The Sun. - part of me feel that film should have won best picture. "maybe"

[@lenaargiris-kotrotsi6177]

Are these trailers public domain?

[@SR-wg6mp]

Wonderful ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Anant84257]

I saw this movie 5 years ago in KZbin now not available

[@user-hq6xw5zj5j]

ほんまええ映画よな

[@joemullaley6531]

i remember my mom watching this movie when i was little

[@anacanizales5749]

Excelente pelicula

[@hectorplangesis7664]

this is awsome 😁

[@user-ye6zm2gv8c]

ラストエンペラー最高です

[@TataLake]

Compared to the executed emperors of many countries, Pu Yi is already very lucky

[@just9605]

最悲的中國歷代皇帝，坂本龍一的音樂永存人心

[@musikaAko]

Suga of BTS took me here💜 . He is big fan of Sakamoto’s work.

[@danjjakchinguTV]

This video is good.

[@Sparrows1121]

1:56 Wowzers

[@asdsad6]

rip bernado

[@GreenNinja..2003]

Love❤ from🇮🇳

[@BlueTheMeow]

WHERE TO WATCH????

[@Bohemian0522]

it still bugs me the teenage version of Puyi spoke with a different accent compared with the boy version and the adult version, as if his English skills has regressed as he grew up, then suddenly became fluent again in adulthood.

[@robochibi]

irl Pu Yi was extremely cruel to his eunuchs and would torture, humiliate and flog them for his own entertainment even as a small child. My only criticism is that the movie really downplayed how much he abused his power. But I guess his crimes didnt go unanswered as the Communist regime locked him up for ten years as a war criminal.

[@johnnyhempseed84]

The Communist do far worse if that is true. But I suspect what you say is the work of Chinese Communists slandering his legacy.

[@MultiJET24]

The movie was based on the book that Puyi wrote while he was in Fushun

[@omajules8413]

Finally! The comment i was looking for. Puyi was a monster to say the least. This movie probably didn't even scratch the surface of how awful and cruel he really was. I haven't seen it yet and i don't think I will. I don't think I can stand watching his deeds be downplayed like countless people didn't suffer and die because of him. But like I said I haven't watched it, so maybe it's not that bad. I'm not willing to find out tho.

[@tonyclifton265]

brilliant film 10/10

[@francomui7509]

Good actor

[@michellep1555]

he was also very cruel. they forgot about that.

[@fatdaddyeddiejr]

Yes he was. He would have his servants and the eunuchs whipped and beaten for minor offenses. Or because he wanted to see them suffer.

[@ineednothin6373]

@Ali A try pain. It isn't fun. Sounds minor but it's painful.

[@AntonesPap]

Puyi used to beat his empress consort, Wanrong, even when she was pregnant. He may also have ordered her baby's death just after childbirth, driving Wanrong insane (the film conveniently attributes responsibility to the Japanese, but this is debatable)

[@trashpanda9615]

Michelle P ironic he was traded for a dictator that made the entire country suffer where 70 million died.

[@Orgil.]

@@trashpanda9615 70 million that is bullshit

[@SadhuBiochemist]

"Golden Years" by David Bowie

[@prarthanaperera1997]

Oh damn it's the guy playing Ricky tan in rush hour 2😳

[@tuvoca825]

It takes a child to raze a village. Kidding. I have no historical context for that joke... and this was the best I could do, not knowing the story or having time to delve into it. Can't be expert in everything, right? Maybe one of you has a suggestion for the best candidate to fit this joke? > __________ . One emperor built a temple with levels and gates and all symbolic of the perfection of heaven to point people there and even instituted a "border sacrifice" as in, the border between earth and heaven. They sacrificed one of the most important animals they had in the stone and late bronze age in the context of animal husbandry and tradition but they had other ceremonies too. Some of them lost but they had a lot in common with the Jews it seemed at that point... a perfect convergence... maybe not, but still indicative that religion is hardwired in us and follows a pattern to point us upward to our maker.

[@ahmedaalmaryme942]

من جاي من حلقة الدحيح 😢 الامبراطور الاخير