The Last Emperor 1987  PG-13, 164 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Victor Wong, Maggie Han, Lisa Lu, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jade Go, Fumihiko Ikeda, Tsou Tijger
The last imperial ruler of China, Pu Yi (John Lone), led the most unusual of lives. At three-years old, he was named Emperor and was not allowed to leave Peking. After World War II, the Communists put him in prison for 10 years until his release at which time he became an ordinary citizen serving under Mao Tse Tung. This film won an impressive nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director.
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Little Buddha 1994  PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda, Alex Wiesendanger, Ruocheng Ying, Raju Lai
Remember Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha" whose young prince goes looking for the meaning of life? Well, this film weaves that story into a modern day tale about a group of Buddhist monks who think that an American youngster (Alex Wiesendanger) is the reincarnation of a lama. This story is based on the life of Gotama Buddha who lived around the fifth century B.C., and whose followers regarded him as close to the realm of a god.
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| 1. The Last Emperor (1987)
2. Little Buddha (1994)
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