I imported the 4K disc and it plays perfectly on American UHD players. 4K discs are region-free by design. The only downside is that you can't play the region 2 bluray extras.
This movie deserves to be appreciated as same level as Godfather , Apocalypse now and Raging bull , its true art but so underrated , both audience and critics do not pay attention to it anymore. It's not in imdb's 250 and Sight and sound's 250 , truly underrated
Ryuichi Sakamoto, who composed the film's music, plays the role of Masahiko Amakasu, an ultranationalist who was the director of the Manchurian Film Company and the shadowy ruler of Manchukuo. Amakasu Masahiko was a military police officer in the Imperial Japanese Army when he killed Japanese liberalist Osugi Sakae, his mistress, and his 9-year-old nephew with a military sword. Without being tried by a court-martial, he went to Manchuria and became the shadow ruler of Manchukuo. Ryuichi Sakamoto brilliantly played the role of Masahiko Amakasu, a man of great shadowy character, with a spine-chilling brutality. In reality, Sakamoto Ryuichi is the complete opposite of Amakasu Masahiko. He was involved in the leftist movement when he was a student, and later became a liberal figure in social movements such as the anti-nuclear power movement. Sakamoto Ryuichi was a liberal who could objectively see right-wing nationalists who were the complete opposite of himself, which may have made his performance rather convincing. On April 2, 2023, his death was reported. 本作で映画音楽を担当した坂本龍一は、劇中、満州映画会社の所長にして満州国の影の支配者とも言われたウルトラナショナリスト、甘粕正彦を演じた。 甘粕正彦は大日本帝国陸軍の憲兵将校であった当時、日本のリベラリスト大杉栄とその愛人および９歳の甥を軍刀で殺害すると言う、血なまぐさい経歴を持つ。 そして軍法会議でも碌に裁かれる事無く、満州に渡り、満州国の影の支配者になったのだ。 坂本龍一は、その甚だしく陰影に富んだ甘粕正彦役を、背筋が凍り付くほどの残忍さを秘めた人物として見事に演じた。 実際の坂本龍一は甘粕正彦とは真逆の存在。彼は、学生時代は左翼運動にも参加し、その後はリベラルな人物として反原発運動など社会運動にも参加した。 坂本龍一は、自分とは真逆の右翼的ナショナリストを客観視出来るリベラリストであった為に、むしろ真に迫る演技が出来たのかも知れない。 2023年4月2日その訃報が伝えられた。 R.I.P Ryuichi Sakamoto
WOW. I just had to search on that person you mentioned. I can't fathom such person actually exists and even allowed to exist and operating in a way that I would described extremely Psychopath.To think this is the person who killed a children and still managed to draw many supporters to sign petition for his release. No wonder the Japs armies are exceptionally Brutal and Evil at that time
this is another definition of a well-made prestigious grandeur film that the world just doesn't make anymore, the chills i got when I watched it masterful directing from the legendary Bernardo and great performances from both joan chen and john lone such a joke the film was appealing to the academy and won 9 ( deservedly ) but didn't nominated both the lead actors joan and john
I would give that prize to BEING THERE. The reason why is that it did as much as this film, if not more so -- with so little to play with. Also an excellent story about loneliness and the stages of life, I might add. But this is not a diss at LE. It's in my top ten. It's been a crime that I've spent a lifetime waiting for a restored version of the original film, you know -- the one that won Best Picture. I'm in America and still not convinced it will ever be released here.
@@TheLastSamurai-ul8eq From an American Cinema point of view, meaning my foreign film knowledge is limited -- IN NO ORDER PAPER MOON, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, BEING THERE, DAYS OF HEAVEN , LOCAL HERO, LAST EMPEROR (THEATRICAL VERSION), AMERICAN BEAUTY, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, A PATCH OF BLUE, WIZARD OF OZ. Runner's up LION, CITY LIGHTS, , JFK (THEATRICAL VERSION), THE BIG COUNTRY, NOW VOYAGER, THE DEER HUNTER, MANHATTAN, PSYCHO, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE UNFORGIVEN, WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE FATHER Guilty Pleasures ROBOCOP, LOGAN'S RUN, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, PLANES TRAIN & AUTOMOBILES, ANIMAL HOUSE, LIVE & LET DIE (ignore racists/patriarchs who say otherwise)
The new 4K version looks gorgeous. It’s a damn shame you don’t have the rights to digital as well. Criterion does and they allowed the cinematographer to create a revisionist 2:1 aspect ratio version of the movie which cuts so much off the sides of the frame.
@@davidw.2791 I never saw such any such claim. The 2:1 crop actually cuts through people's faces in some wide shots. There was a legitimate argument for zooming in on 2:39 transfers in the days before 16:9 televisions, but it makes no sense now.
@@zippymufo9765 Thank you for replying! I checked again and it turns out I was very wrong: Bertolucci *wanted* the 2.35:1 grand wide screen format, it was his D.P. who insisted on a mere 2:1 and for some reason he got his way. 🙏🏼
@@davidw.2791 Yeah, I'm not sure why so many companies and directors let Storaro dictate that 2:1 cropping of his films----he had no power to demand it, so I'm guessing he talked a good game or the companies wanted to advertise his "approval" of their releases-----but thankfully it seems to be all in the past now as all of the cropped films have been restored to 2:39.
@@НиколайРоманов-л6ю Voting in truly free elections is the only way to stop people being corrupted by power and holding them to account. Anybody who thinks otherwise is a brainwashed subjugated fool.
It can be imported from the UK or purchased from U.S. importers. The 4K Blu-ray of the theatrical cut is region-free (as are all but a few rogue 4K Blu-rays) so it can be played in any 4K Blu-ray player worldwide; that's the only disc in the general 4K Blu-ray release from the end of May. (The initial "Limited Edition" release from February also had a regular Blu-ray of the extended edition that was Region B-locked; I have that but I also have a region-free player.)
What do you mean " whitewash" Oh, you mean how Puyi isn't black, a women, and fights against ohh the eeviiiil the sooo evil TOXIC PATRIARCHY!! And on top of that he doesn't have the zey zem pronouns and 78 genders that you'd loooove to see?
Oh it can be *bizarre*. Puyi cared for his wetnurse for a long while and even brought her in to his Manchukuo “court” in Changchun (she would die in 1945 amongst the chaos), and he didn’t officially wean until he was *nine*. 😅
As someone who has studied the history, I think I kinda can... the Emperor is to them like Jesus is for those in the Christian west. Its not just that he derives his right to rule from heaven, but that he is a god in human form. Am I close?
@@snakey934Snakeybakey You are right. The emperor in china would call himself " the son of the heaven", and for the common people, the emperor is their lord as well as father.
I wish this 4K release was coming out here in America. Definitely one of my favorite films of all time.
I imported the 4K disc and it plays perfectly on American UHD players. 4K discs are region-free by design. The only downside is that you can't play the region 2 bluray extras.
11 months later and criterion just announced it, wonderful beautiful
The soundtrack is just heavenly... Ryuichi Sakamoto is the GOAT
Rest in peace maestro..
True.
The Last Emperor's poster was the first movie poster that made me watch the film. And Score and Production Design are masrerpieces
This movie deserves to be appreciated as same level as Godfather , Apocalypse now and Raging bull , its true art but so underrated , both audience and critics do not pay attention to it anymore. It's not in imdb's 250 and Sight and sound's 250 , truly underrated
Not underrated at the time
Absolute classic this one. Brilliant soundtrack throughout too.
One of my favourite films of all time. This 4K release is just plain brilliant - thank you Arrow.
Ryuichi Sakamoto, who composed the film's music, plays the role of Masahiko Amakasu, an ultranationalist who was the director of the Manchurian Film Company and the shadowy ruler of Manchukuo.
Amakasu Masahiko was a military police officer in the Imperial Japanese Army when he killed Japanese liberalist Osugi Sakae, his mistress, and his 9-year-old nephew with a military sword.
Without being tried by a court-martial, he went to Manchuria and became the shadow ruler of Manchukuo.
Ryuichi Sakamoto brilliantly played the role of Masahiko Amakasu, a man of great shadowy character, with a spine-chilling brutality.
In reality, Sakamoto Ryuichi is the complete opposite of Amakasu Masahiko.
He was involved in the leftist movement when he was a student, and later became a liberal figure in social movements such as the anti-nuclear power movement.
Sakamoto Ryuichi was a liberal who could objectively see right-wing nationalists who were the complete opposite of himself, which may have made his performance rather convincing.
On April 2, 2023, his death was reported.
本作で映画音楽を担当した坂本龍一は、劇中、満州映画会社の所長にして満州国の影の支配者とも言われたウルトラナショナリスト、甘粕正彦を演じた。
甘粕正彦は大日本帝国陸軍の憲兵将校であった当時、日本のリベラリスト大杉栄とその愛人および９歳の甥を軍刀で殺害すると言う、血なまぐさい経歴を持つ。
そして軍法会議でも碌に裁かれる事無く、満州に渡り、満州国の影の支配者になったのだ。
坂本龍一は、その甚だしく陰影に富んだ甘粕正彦役を、背筋が凍り付くほどの残忍さを秘めた人物として見事に演じた。
実際の坂本龍一は甘粕正彦とは真逆の存在。彼は、学生時代は左翼運動にも参加し、その後はリベラルな人物として反原発運動など社会運動にも参加した。
坂本龍一は、自分とは真逆の右翼的ナショナリストを客観視出来るリベラリストであった為に、むしろ真に迫る演技が出来たのかも知れない。
2023年4月2日その訃報が伝えられた。
R.I.P Ryuichi Sakamoto
David Byrne, who composed the film’s music, plays the role of a guy wearing an oversized suit.
[proceeds to talk endlessly about David Byrne’s career]
WOW. I just had to search on that person you mentioned. I can't fathom such person actually exists and even allowed to exist and operating in a way that I would described extremely Psychopath.To think this is the person who killed a children and still managed to draw many supporters to sign petition for his release. No wonder the Japs armies are exceptionally Brutal and Evil at that time
Thank you for the cultural insight. Ignore the ignorant.
One of my favorites, can't wait for my 4K to arrive! I'm also glad this film finally has an HD trailer on TH-cam now.
John Lone was incredible in this film...One of my favorite all time films
0:07 Best line in the movie
One of the "great movies' of all time. You will be a better person after seeing it.
Why?
ラストエンペラー
ほんとうに美しい映画だった
Incredible score
Great to see Peter O'Toole was in a film of this caliber in his later years.
One of my most fav films ❤
this is another definition of a well-made prestigious grandeur film that the world just doesn't make anymore, the chills i got when I watched it masterful directing from the legendary Bernardo and great performances from both joan chen and john lone such a joke the film was appealing to the academy and won 9 ( deservedly ) but didn't nominated both the lead actors joan and john
The BEST movie ever. Period.
What are the top ten movies ever?
I would give that prize to BEING THERE. The reason why is that it did as much as this film, if not more so -- with so little to play with. Also an excellent story about loneliness and the stages of life, I might add.
But this is not a diss at LE. It's in my top ten. It's been a crime that I've spent a lifetime waiting for a restored version of the original film, you know -- the one that won Best Picture. I'm in America and still not convinced it will ever be released here.
@@TheLastSamurai-ul8eq From an American Cinema point of view, meaning my foreign film knowledge is limited --
IN NO ORDER
PAPER MOON, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, BEING THERE, DAYS OF HEAVEN , LOCAL HERO, LAST EMPEROR (THEATRICAL VERSION), AMERICAN BEAUTY, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, A PATCH OF BLUE, WIZARD OF OZ.
Runner's up
LION, CITY LIGHTS, , JFK (THEATRICAL VERSION), THE BIG COUNTRY, NOW VOYAGER, THE DEER HUNTER, MANHATTAN, PSYCHO, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE UNFORGIVEN, WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE FATHER
Guilty Pleasures
ROBOCOP, LOGAN'S RUN, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, PLANES TRAIN & AUTOMOBILES, ANIMAL HOUSE, LIVE & LET DIE (ignore racists/patriarchs who say otherwise)
Encino Man is better. It features two Academy Award winners.
@@victorkong82 in your opinion
Beautiful as much as heart breaking
Such a beautifully crafted trailer
The new 4K version looks gorgeous. It’s a damn shame you don’t have the rights to digital as well. Criterion does and they allowed the cinematographer to create a revisionist 2:1 aspect ratio version of the movie which cuts so much off the sides of the frame.
Those are old transfers on streaming. Criterion has restored the original aspect ratio on their 4K release.
@@zippymufo9765And supposedly, Bertolucci said that 2:1 was the aspect ratio he preferred?
@@davidw.2791 I never saw such any such claim. The 2:1 crop actually cuts through people's faces in some wide shots. There was a legitimate argument for zooming in on 2:39 transfers in the days before 16:9 televisions, but it makes no sense now.
@@zippymufo9765 Thank you for replying! I checked again and it turns out I was very wrong: Bertolucci *wanted* the 2.35:1 grand wide screen format, it was his D.P. who insisted on a mere 2:1 and for some reason he got his way. 🙏🏼
@@davidw.2791 Yeah, I'm not sure why so many companies and directors let Storaro dictate that 2:1 cropping of his films----he had no power to demand it, so I'm guessing he talked a good game or the companies wanted to advertise his "approval" of their releases-----but thankfully it seems to be all in the past now as all of the cropped films have been restored to 2:39.
Such a beautiful film. THIS is cinema.
Back when movies are actually brave and stunning,
We get plenty of brave and stunning movies nowadays.
@@ExtradaemonYT no
@@ExtradaemonYT Name one 😂
@@zippymufo9765 Parasite
@@ExtradaemonYTwhat Marvel superhero movies?
I watched the extended version without knowing it is and confused for this to be called a masterpiece
I have watched this movie since I was a kid and it will be a timeless movie.
RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto
Esta película le gustó mucho a mi madre. Me dijo que me la había perdido.
真是一部好电影，哪里可以看到完整版呢？
I just saw a video regarding this but in story mode. I gotta get this movie. Hope its in dvd
Picked up a copy.
1:23 Why do I hear Uncle Roger
🎭💫💫💫💫🎭
Un film di
Bernardo Bertolucci
“The Last Emperor: The Final Cut”
MASTERPiECE
All Those thousands of years of tradition gone. The mandate of heaven is no more
Good lol
Not really. The mandate of heaven is red at this moment.
Thank god, divine right is BS
@@victorkong82The rights of "people" to vote is also bs
@@НиколайРоманов-л6ю Voting in truly free elections is the only way to stop people being corrupted by power and holding them to account. Anybody who thinks otherwise is a brainwashed subjugated fool.
Not available in usa
But available on torrent
It can be imported from the UK or purchased from U.S. importers. The 4K Blu-ray of the theatrical cut is region-free (as are all but a few rogue 4K Blu-rays) so it can be played in any 4K Blu-ray player worldwide; that's the only disc in the general 4K Blu-ray release from the end of May. (The initial "Limited Edition" release from February also had a regular Blu-ray of the extended edition that was Region B-locked; I have that but I also have a region-free player.)
The Last Emperor
Is this puyi?
It's a movie about Puyi, yes. The last emperor of the Qing dynasty .
清国皇帝の衣装龍袍（りゅうほう ロンパオ）が好きです。ぜひ着てみたい。
A LI GA DO、NI BUN JIN
He was in a guided cage.
❤
Arrow doing God's work :D
최고의 명작 크리스토퍼 놀란이 리메이크했으면 좋겠다.
I love this movie but they definitely exaggerated his time in the rehabilitation center.
Its a whitewash... but still the most beautiful whitewash ever to grace the silver screen.
What do you mean " whitewash"
Oh, you mean how Puyi isn't black, a women, and fights against ohh the eeviiiil the sooo evil TOXIC PATRIARCHY!! And on top of that he doesn't have the zey zem pronouns and 78 genders that you'd loooove to see?
Classic movie! But hey at some point that boy had to stop breastfeeding 😬😁
Oh it can be *bizarre*. Puyi cared for his wetnurse for a long while and even brought her in to his Manchukuo “court” in Changchun (she would die in 1945 amongst the chaos), and he didn’t officially wean until he was *nine*. 😅
Great movie but unfortunately they use english not mandarin as main language in the movie
Sad movie very sad 😢😢😢
masrerpiec
大体の専制政治は100年経てば腐る。
even 5,000 yr history can end...today's rome can b tomorrow's russia
Why just put that fake Chinese actor roaring at the beginning of this trailer?
It's so fake!
anywhere anytime only to explain myself before a like some assholll saod
A poignant story
패망중국일본승리
舶來品
Joe Biden and the politburo democrats have approved of this film.
Shut up….
@@ethan19942012 Make me, you bum liberal.
Take that bs to a cnn or Fox News vid clown
For you to obey.
Only Vietnamese and Chinese can understand the unparalleled power of the Emperors of Vietnam and China.
As someone who has studied the history, I think I kinda can... the Emperor is to them like Jesus is for those in the Christian west. Its not just that he derives his right to rule from heaven, but that he is a god in human form. Am I close?
@@snakey934Snakeybakey You are right. The emperor in china would call himself " the son of the heaven", and for the common people, the emperor is their lord as well as father.
Y después nunca salió en 4k
🪔🙏 Without Fixing..? 🙏🪔
Joe Biden and the politburo democrats have approved of this film.
Rightwingers despise a different culture. Disgusting.