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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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983   R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura, Alistair Browning, James Malcolm, Chris Broun, Yuya Uchida, Tamio Ishikura, Takashi Naito, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Kan Mikami, Rokko Toura
During World War II, Capt. Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto) runs a Japanese POW camp and views his prisoners as cowards. As a New Zealand officer in the prison camp, Major Jack "Strafer" Celliers (David Bowie) becomes intrigued with the Asian culture, which leads Yonoi to his decision of making Celliers the prisoners Commanding Officer. Meanwhile, his comrades consider Celliers a traitor when he tries to explain to them the Japanese way of thinking, and bilingual prisoner Col. John Lawrence (Tom Conti) continues to treat Sergeant Gengo Hara (Takeshi Kitano) as an adversary. 1 User Review
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| | anonymous 05/16/2012 | | Entertaining and revealed that Mr. Bowie can act reasonably well. |
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New Rose Hotel 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento, Yoshitaka Amano, Annabella Sciorra, Gretchen Mol, John Lurie, Ryuichi Sakamoto
A corporate raider, Fox (Christopher Walken), and his cohort, X (Willem Dafoe), hatch a plot to send Sandii (Asia Argento) on a mission that involves seducing the brilliant scientist, Hiroshi (Yoshitaka Amano), and coercing him into defecting from his own corporation. But betrayal rears its ugly head, as Fox and X turn into the targets.
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| 1. The Last Emperor (1987)
2. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
3. New Rose Hotel (1998)
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