Filmmakers
Above the lineBB
Director
Bernardo Bertolucci
AP
Screenplay
Aisin-Gioro Puyi
Author
MP
Screenplay
Mark Peploe
BB
Screenplay
Bernardo Bertolucci
VS
Cinematography
Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
GC
Editing
Gabriella Cristiani
Editor
SC
Music
Su Cong
DB
Music
David Byrne
Original Music Composer
RS
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
BC
Production Design
Bruno Cesari
FS
Production Design
Ferdinando Scarfiotti
JA
Costume Design
James Acheson
Cast
57JL
John Lone
Pu Yi (Adult)
JC
Joan Chen
Wan Jung
PO
Peter O'Toole
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
RY
Ruocheng Ying
The Governor
VW
Victor Wong
Chen Pao Shen
DD
Dennis Dun
Big Li
RS
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Amakasu
MH
Maggie Han
Eastern Jewel
RY
Ric Young
Interrogator
VW
Vivian Wu
Wen Hsiu
CT
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Chang
JG
Jade Go
Ar Mo
FI
Fumihiko Ikeda
Yoshioka
RV
Richard Vuu
Pu Yi (3 years)
TT
Tsou Tijger
Pu Yi (8 years)
TW
Tao Wu
Pu Yi (15 years)
GF
Guang Fan
Pu Chieh (Adult)
HK
Henry Kyi
Pu Chieh (7 years)
AI
Alvin Riley III
Pu Chieh (14 years)
LL
Lisa Lu
Tzu Hsui
HT
Hideo Takamatsu
General Ishikari
HT
Hajime Tachibana
Japanese Translator
BP
Basil Pao
Prince Chun
HO
Henry O
Lord Chamberlain
CK
Chen Kaige
Captain of Imperial Guard
LZ
Liangbin Zhang
Big Foot
WH
Wenjie Huang
Hunchback
DL
Dong Liang
Lady Aisin-Gioro
ZD
Zhendong Dong
Old Doctor
JD
Jiechen Dong
Doctor
CG
Constantine Gregory
Oculist
HS
Huaikuei Soong
Lung Yu
RS
Ruzhen Shao
First High Consort
YL
Yu Li
Second High Consort
GL
Guangli Li
Third High Consort
CX
Chunqing Xu
Grey Eyes
ZT
Zhang Tianmin
Old Tutor
HL
Hongnian Luo
Sleeping Old Tutor
SY
Shihong Yu
Hsiao Hsiu
JW
Jun Wu
Wen Hsiu (12 years)
LH
Lucia Hwong
Lady of the Book
JC
Jingping Cui
Lady of the Pen
SL
Shi Liang
Republican Officer
JG
Junguo Gu
Tang
XT
Xu Tongrui
Captain of Feng's Army
FL
Fusheng Li
Minister of Trade
CS
Chen Shu
Chang Chinghui
SC
Shuyan Cheng
Lady Hiro Saga
DZ
Daxing Zhang
Tough Warder
RZ
Ruigang Zu
Second Warder
YJ
Yuan Jin
Party Boss
AI
Akira Ikuta
Japanese Doctor
MV
Michael Vermaaten
American
MS
Matthew Spender
Englishman
CH
Cai Hongxiang
Scarface (uncredited)
GM
Glen Murphy
Captain (uncredited)
BW
Biao Wang
Prisoner (uncredited)
Departments
26Production
- Joanna MerlinCasting
- John DalyProducer
- Franco GiovaleProducer
- Joyce HerlihyProducer
- Jeremy ThomasProducer
- Stefano BolzoniProduction Manager
- Mario CotoneProduction Supervisor
Camera
- Mauro MarchettiCamera Operator
- Angelo NoviStill Photographer
Sound
- Ivan SharrockSound Designer
- Bill RoweSound Designer
Art
- Gianni SilvestriArt Direction
- Gianni GiovagnoniArt Direction
- Maria Teresa BarbassoArt Direction
- Maurice BinderMain Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Sun HuanxiangCostume Designer
- Jole CecchiniHair Designer
- Fabrizio SforzaMakeup Artist
Editing
- Catherine HodgsonAssistant Editor
Crew
- Michael SaxtonPost Production Supervisor
- Gino De RossiSpecial Effects
- Ann TaskerUnit Publicist
Directing
- Ning YingAssistant Director
- Biao WangAssistant Director
- Suzanne DurrenbergerContinuity
- Nicoletta PeyranThird Assistant Director