The Last Emperor (1986)

Original title

火龍

Directed by

Li Han-hsiang

Genre

drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the later life of Puyi, the last emperor of China. It shows his time in a war criminal management center and his eventual release into the new society, including his marriages to Li Yuqin and Li Shuxian. The story ends with his death during the Cultural Revolution in 1967.

biographicalhistoricalmelancholicslow-pacedreflectiveintimatesombergrounded

What happens

《火龍》（英語：The Last Emperor），是1986年上映的香港電影，由李翰祥執導，梁家輝、潘虹、李殿朗、李殿馨主演。片中稱「火龍」的意思是溥儀是「中國歷史上唯一一個火葬的皇帝」（然實际上順治帝也是火葬）。電影講述清朝最後一個皇帝溥儀的下半生，在撫順戰犯管理所，1957年由福貴人李玉琴提出離婚事件開始，到特赦出監，投入新中國，與李淑賢結婚，1967年最後在文革期間因病逝世。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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