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.

• Hemdale Film Corporation
• Soprofilms
• John Lone
• Joan Chen
• Peter O'Toole
• Ruocheng Ying
• Victor Wong
• Dennis Dun
• Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Maggie Han