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The war criminals must get in a disciplined line,

and go to the big waiting room.

There, they will wait for instructions.

It is forbidden to speak. You must obey the guards.

The war criminals will immediately go

to the big waiting room.

Whoever is caught speaking,

will be severely punished.

The Emperor! His Majesty!

- Your Majesty! - Rise. It is dangerous.

Go. Go back! Return to your place.

Return to your place.

To your place!

Open the door!

Open!

Mother!

"As per the will of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Widow,

also known as the Pitiful, the Blessed, the Enlightened,

Celestial and Everlasting, it has thus been ordered:

Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, son of Prince Chu'ng,

must be immediately transferred to the Forbidden City,

and will remain within the great walls,

and will wait for Her Majesty's decisions.

May the orders be respected!"

I entrust my son to you. Take care of him.

- My son is your son. - Hurry! Hurry!

Give him to me.

Pu Yi, come here to me.

You are so little. Are you afraid of me?

Everyone is.

I am the great Empress Widow,

and have lived here a very, very long time.

I know that they call me, "the old Buddha".

She is Peonia. You like her?

You should know that men

cannot stay in the Forbidden City after sunset.

Not even a little man like you.

The only man who can live here, is the Emperor.

But the Emperor flew far away, riding a dragon.

He left us. He died today.

Longevity.

The men you see here, aren't real men.

They are eunuchs.

And they are now all waiting for my death.

That is why they're carrying my bed to the center of the room

under the black pearl.

Little Pu Yi.

Here today, I decide

that you, Pu Yi,

will become the new lord of Ten Thousand Years.

From this moment on, you are the divine son of the sky.

Let's go home, Father.

Sssh. Soon it will be over.

Look.

The grasshopper! Where's the grasshopper?

He is my friend, Your Majesty.

He has always been nice and warm underneath my arm.

He kept me company during this long journey.

See? He is bowing before the Emperor.

Look. He will become His Majesty's friend.

Your Majesty, look. This is the Forbidden City.

Look. This little house is Your Majesty's bedroom.

- This is where we are now. - Can I go home today?

Not today, not yet.

And here, is the Supreme Harmony Pavilion

where Your Majesty was crowned.

Your Majesty, I give you the rain and flower tower.

- And I give you the deer pavilion. - Yes, yes.

And this is the building with a cloudless sky.

Your Majesty, your imperial bath is ready.

I don't like taking a bath!

Today, vegetables and no meat again.

Is it true I can do everything I wish?

Naturally, Your Majesty, everything you wish.

You are the Lord of Ten Thousand Years.

- No, Your Majesty! No! - I am the son of the sky!

- I am the son of the sky! - Yes. Oh, yes!

Ar Mo!

I want to go home! I want to go home!

I want to go home.

A very long time ago,

there was a big, very old tree and an impetuous wind.

The tree and the wind were always fighting.

Your soup will get cold.

- Where am I? - In the Chinese People's Republic.

- Why did you stop me? - You'll be judged as a criminal.

I repeat. Criminals directed to the cells

must walk with their heads lowered,

and eyes to the ground, without looking ahead or sideways.

The guards will show you the way, and where to stop!

Pu Chieh.

The guest is waiting to be admitted, Your Majesty.

Your mother is here too.

You haven't seen her in many years, Your Majesty.

- Is he still so little? - He's still young, Majesty.

Go on. Go on.

The Emperor's brother, His Excellency Pu Chieh.

Ar Mo!

I hope the mother of His Majesty is well.

My health is good, Majesty.

I see that His Majesty has grown.

7 years have gone by since my mother saw me.

Do you remember my face?

No!

The night they came with horses, I knew this would happen.

My brother can see you every day.

Pu Chieh was excited about meeting you. He always speaks of you.

We are all very proud of His Majesty.

Give me the kite. He picked this out for you.

Father!

Look. Everyone is turning around.

Yes, ordinary people

are forbidden to look at the Emperor's face. I'm too important.

Is it true as they say, that you can do everything you wish?

Yes, I can. If I am bad, someone else is punished.

One of them.

Stop!

The Emperor wants to walk.

I have never met other children.

- Are they all like you? - I have three sisters and two friends.

Come to our house and we can play together.

The Emperor never leaves the palace.

- We always play lots of games. - I know one too.

Run!

- Those women on the boat are the High Wives. - High Wives?

The wives of the Emperor before me.

They all say they're my mother, but it's not true!

Why are you wearing that? It's forbidden to wear yellow.

- This is an ordinary yellow. - It's imperial yellow.

- No, it's not. - We say it is.

Only the emperor can wear yellow. Take if off immediately!

- No. - Take it off. - No. You're not emperor anymore.

There is a new emperor now. He cut his pigtail,

and instead of a camel, uses a car.

What are you saying?

You are no longer the Emperor.

- Hurry! Run! - Liar!

- Run, hurry! - You are no longer the Emperor.

Liar!

You are no longer the Emperor!

Please, don't do that. Please, Your Majesty.

- You are no longer the Emperor! - How dare you!

- Am I still Emperor or not? - You must not doubt it.

- You will always be Emperor. - Hear that?

Prove it.

Big Foot!

Drink this.

Go on! Drink the green ink.

I'll show you.

Look. That is the car and he is President of the Republic.

Why is there that wall, Grand Chamberlain?

It's just a wall, Your Majesty. Nothing has changed.

You are lying.

Grand tutor, am I still the Emperor?

You will always be the Emperor inside the Forbidden City,

- but not outside. - I don't understand.

Your Majesty, China has become a republic

with a president.

Where is Ar Mo?

Ar Mo!

You are all liars!

- Let me at least say goodbye. - Hurry. Hurry!

My little boy!

Ar Mo!

I don't understand, I just don't understand.

Your Majesty is growing up. You doesn't need a nanny anymore.

It's much better, and more healthy for you.

But she is notjust my nanny.

She is my butterfly.

Ar Mo!

This is the Fushun detention center,

public security department, and I am the governor.

During the war, this was a Japanese prison.

Many of you remember it because you cooperated with the Japanese.

You are responsible for its construction

and guilty of having filled it with innocent people.

Why did this happen?

How could you have become war criminals?

We are convinced that men are born good.

We believe that the only way man can correct himself,

is to discover the truth and look at it in the face.

That is why you are here.

You must begin with writing the story of your life,

and confess the crimes committed. Your salvation

depends on the attitude you will have.

I suggest that you be honest and sincere.

Otherwise, I am forced to tell you

that the situation will be very bad for you.

After a few years, the Chinese Republic

became just as corrupted as the old empire.

It had fallen in the hands of ambitious generals

and corrupted bureaucrats.

Thus the era of the Warlords began.

In May, 1919,

when I was given the assignment, China was in an uproar.

The new tutor can introduce himself.

Your Imperial Majesty, the new tutor.

Mr. Reginald Fleming Johnston.

How are you, Mr. Johnston?

And how are you, Your Majesty?

Now we can go to school.

In our country, it is more logical to begin with an exam

rather than go directly to the lesson.

The Emperor cannot take exams.

That is a rule that can change.

But perhaps Your Majesty wants to ask me a few questions.

Where are your ancestors buried?

They are buried in Scotland, Your Majesty.

Then tell me, where is your skirt?

In your country, men wear skirts, don't they?

No, Your Majesty, we do not wear skirts.

- In Scotland we wear kilts. - Kilts?

Kilts. It's just a matter of words,

but we all know that words are important.

- Why are they important? - If you can't say what you think,

you'll never know what you say.

A gentleman must always know what he is saying.

Certainly, a gentleman.

And are you a gentleman?

I would very much like to be, Your Majesty.

- I do my best. - I am not a gentleman.

I am not allowed to say what I think.

The others tell me what I should say.

Your Majesty is still very young.

I thought that you might like

seeing some English or American magazines that I just received.

I know that you know that I know

that you know it's a conversation between Confucius and Tseng Tzu.

Speaking of respect, Your Majesty.

Who is this George Washington?

A famous American, a revolutionary general,

the first president of the United States of America.

Like Mr. Lenin in Russia.

Not exactly.

Does he have a car too?

He lived a long time before you did, Your Majesty.

I want a car.

I think your mouse wants to run away.

Please do not talk to anyone about my mouse.

The lesson is over.

The official taster is a brave man.

Many of my ancestors were poisoned. Did you know that?

Does this take place at every meal?

- Every day? - Yes, every day, as in the theater.

I do not know why.

It's always been this way. This is what we will eat.

How are emperors killed in the Western world?

Didn't they shoot the Emperor of Austria?

No, his nephew was murdered before World War I.

- They shot the Russian Emperor, and called him Czar. - Yes.

He took much of our land in Manchuria and I am Manchurian.

Despite the Republic, it'll always be my country.

Your Majesty's secret is surfacing, it seems.

- Did something happen, perhaps? - Something happened.

- What is happening, Mr. Johnston? - Nothing... - Be quiet!

In coming here, we were blocked

by a big crowd of university students.

They were doing a protest demonstration

against the republican government,

responsible for having given Chinese territory to Japan.

Is what they say, true, Mr. Johnston?

That many people's heads were cut off?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Many heads are being decapitated, unfortunately.

That will stop them from thinking, forever.

It is time for the Emperor to rest.

The students are right in being angry.

I am angry too.

But I am not allowed to leave the Forbidden City.

I want to go out too, Mr. Johnston!

My lord.

I want to see the City of Sounds.

The Emperor confers to you the Order of the Ruby Button Hat,

with a right to be transported with your chair,

by four carriers.

I hope the Emperor has not forgotten

that today there is a mathematics lesson.

- It is for Your Majesty. - My doctor says,

- "The bicycle can be bad for you." - That is foolish.

How does it work?

Very simple.

Keep your head high and look forward.

As in life.

- My mother is dead, isn't she? - Yes, Your Majesty.

- I am deeply sorry. - I'm not.

She swallowed a ball of opium and committed suicide.

I want to see her and my brother.

Open the door!

Trouble! Trouble! All your fault! All your fault!

You are a cruel, old and ignorant man.

That boy's mother died,

and he doesn't even have permission to see her.

I want to go out! I want to go out!

- Stop! - I want to go out! - Stop where you are!

- Stop! - I want to go out! - You are crazy! Don't move.

I want to go out!

Chang!

Gobbo! Big Foot!

I want to go out!

Majesty.

Give me your hand, Highness.

Grab my hand.

You can't see it? Come on!

Look at my left ear, Highness. Thank you.

And now, to the right. Thank you.

Now follow my finger, please.

It's simple, Mr. Johnston. The Emperor needs glasses.

Like Harold Lloyd.

Impossible! An emperor cannot wear glasses.

It is unheard of.

Unfortunately, times have changed, Your Highness.

I don't believe it!

If His Majesty doesn't wear glasses, he could become blind.

Your Majesty.

If the emperor doesn't wear glasses,

I will have to resign.

Unfortunately, our decision is irrevocable.

Unfortunately for you, what I will have to state,

will be published in all the papers of China.

And what do you have to state, Mr. Johnston?

The emperor is a prisoner in his palace since the day he was crowned

and has remained there even after he abdicated.

Now that he's grown, he asks why he's the only person in China

who is not allowed to go to his own home.

I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on the Earth.

It would be even sadder, if he became blind.

Blind, Mr. Johnston?

To avoid seeing excessive expenses, Your Excellency,

to avoid seeing how much it costs to keep 1 ,500 eunuchs,

350 lady companions, and 135 cooks,

and to avoid seeing how much 120 sables a month cost,

3,OOO chickens a week, and most important, that 840 people,

among guards and employees of the court department,

plus a Grand Chamberlain, are interested in just one thing:

that their bowl of rice is full.

You are very good at doing accounts, Mr. Johnston.

Even if the Emperor abdicated,

in China he is an important symbol for many people.

If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't have stayed here.

Some of us think one day soon

His Majesty will no longer be a symbol.

The problem of his glasses is just a detail.

What do you want, exactly, Mr. Johnston?

Just a pair of glasses.

Princess Wan Jung. She is 17, Your Majesty.

Princess Wu Yen. 15 years old.

Princess Li Li, Your Majesty.

Princess Fun Ying.

Who is she?

- Princess Wen Hsiu, age 12. - She has a particular face.

- A wife, an empress and a second wife. - Two wives?

Who have you chosen as empress?

They chose. She is 17, too old for me!

At 17, a girl is not old. Isn't she pretty?

Old fashioned. I want a modern wife

who speaks English and French.

And who can dance the quickstep.

Johnston!

Majesty?

I've decided to run away. My suitcase is ready

along with my ticket for England.

I want to go to Oxford, to the university.

Your Majesty,

if you marry, you will become the master of your home.

A marriage can be more convenient than running away.

Why didn't you ever marry, Johnston?

The Second Wife welcomes the Empress.

The Empress greets the Second Wife.

- You are behaving very well. - Thank you. We rehearsed a lot.

What are you thinking, Your Majesty?

That if I was a real emperor,

I would have governed China, as of today.

What would an emperor do, if he could really govern?

I would change many things... even marriage.

The Emperor is contrary to arranged marriages?

Yes. It is humiliating not to choose who to marry.

I wasn't able to choose, either.

In one or two years, Your Majesty will be taller than me.

Is it true the Emperor has a suitcase under his bed?

That he wants to go to Oxford?

Will the Emperor take Wan Jung with him?

Maybe he wants to see my face before deciding.

Yes, the Emperor wants to see the Empress' face.

The Emperor must remove the Kai tou.

I had a tutor like Mr. Johnston too.

Miss Windsor.

She was American.

Miss Windsor taught me to dance the quickstep.

The Emperor knows how to dance the quickstep?

You will teach it to me.

Leave us alone! Leave us alone!

If Your Majesty thinks I am old fashioned,

of doing rain and wind with a stranger,

then let's begin with behaving like a modern couple.

A modern couple?

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

When I go to Oxford, you will come with me.

I like him.

I am sure I will like him.

And he will grow up.

Eyes to the ground!

Prisoner, report!

- Prisoner 981 , reporting! - Louder!

Prisoner 981 , reporting.

Open the door.

Close the door.

Be seated.

- Name. - Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi.

Write that.

There are two types of confessions.

We call them "tooth paste" and "sink plug".

Sometimes the toothpaste prisoner needs to be squeezed,

otherwise, he forgets to confess.

For the "plug" one, it is enough to jerk him before beginning,

and everything pours out.

You are not stupid,

and I am sure you understood.

Alright. Shall we begin?

- Why are you here, 981? - They accuse me of having been

a traitor, a collaborator, a counter-revolutionist.

It is not an accusation. You are a traitor,

a collaborator, and a counter-revolutionist!

Did you write this?

You call it a confession?

It's just a list of dates, a children's fairy tale.

- What should I confess? - You know what you did

and what the others did.

Give us your spontaneous version.

- I don't know what to say. - We won't tell you what to confess.

Don't forget, we know all about you.

I...

Go on.

- I wanted to make reforms... - What did you want to reform?

Everything.

- Cut off my pigtail! - Your Majesty, please.

My God!

Don't do it! No!

Feel how heavy it is.

The Emperor who preceded me, was murdered

only because he said he wanted to reform the Empire.

- Isn't that right, Mr. Johnston? - Yes, probably.

Alright.

Let's see if they kill me. I want to reform the Forbidden City.

Grand Chamberlain, I nominate Mr. Johnston's friend,

poet and teacher Cheng Hsiao Hsiu, the new Grand Chamberlain.

I want him to make out a detailed inventory

of what is in the imperial storage rooms.

We want to know how much was stolen from us.

Forbidden City had become a theater with no audience.

Then why did the actors remain on the stage?

Just to steal the scenes, piece by piece.

May I sleep here? I am afraid.

You are brave. You aren't afraid, are you?

I feel strong. I don't want to run away anymore.

I want to govern.

Kiss me.

May I stay with you, too?

Come. Come.

I played a game with the eunuchs.

I was to guess who they were.

I can't see you like this.

I want to guess who you are!

Wan? Wan Jung?

Wen Hsiu?

The storage rooms are on fire!

It was a terrible disaster.

I knew the eunuchs had caused the fire

so I wouldn't find out what had been stolen.

The eunuchs had lived in the Forbidden City for 800 years,

and at the time, there were over a thousand.

I decided to send them all away, and to do so,

I had to ask help to the Republican troops.

- What is in those cases? - Their organs.

Despite their guilt, they cannot be deprived

of the right to be buried as normal men.

Well?

I...

I forgot what I was saying.

You are wasting our time!

What was your relationship with the Japanese?

How did that friendship begin?

Who got you in contact with them? When?

I think it was... the new Grand Chamberlain.

It was 1924.

Parliament had dissolved, the President had fled.

At first I thought it was another coup d'etat

plotted by one of the many Warlords.

But this time the situation was different.

This time it was my turn.

Fifteen all.

Game!

The corrupted government of this Republic is fleeing.

Now we'll eliminate the foreign stench of Manchurian rats

that still hide in the Forbidden City.

"Mr. Pu Yi and his family have one hour

to leave the Forbidden City.

They will be escorted to the father's home and stay there

under close surveillance as State prisoners

until further orders."

What are you looking at? Don'tjust stand there!

You always wanted to leave the Forbidden City.

You have one hour to pack. Go on!

Go!

I always thought I hated this place. Now I'm afraid of leaving it.

- You think they'll kill me? - Just do as they say.

I'll go to the English Embassy. They'll give you political asylum.

I am sure, Majesty.

Chang, wait at the south door. Accompany His Majesty.

Majesty...

- Please, Your Majesty. - What?

You never went to the English Embassy.

You ended up at the Japanese Embassy.

Only the Japanese were willing to help me.

Without anything in exchange?

Japan has an emperor. We're almost the same age.

I considered it an act of courtesy.

I realized that for many Chinese I was a foreigner

only because I am of Manchurian origin.

There was an anti-Manchuria organization

that wanted to murder me.

That is why I decided to move to Tientsin.

It was a beautiful, modern city in the province, with a big port.

We had many commercial relations abroad at the time.

The Japanese thought I'd be safer with them.

- The Japanese paid your expenses in Tientsin? - No.

I rented a villa, Villa Chang.

It was an expensive home,

and the body guards were expensive too.

I spent a lot of money in Tientsin.

Did you believe in a possible imperial system change?

Others believed it, my small court in exile.

I can't remember how many jewels they made me sell

to buy the friendship of some Warlords

or generals of White Russia.

How else did you spend your money?

I never tired of buying... pianos,

watches and radios.

- But they had to be foreign. - Naturally.

Yes, they had to come from the Western world.

Especially chewing gum, Bayer aspirin and cars.

While you were in Tientsin, most of China

ended up under General Chang Kai Shek,

the so-called Nationalists, the Kuomintang.

- What was your relationship with them? - None.

I felt useless in Tientsin.

I was twenty.

I dreamed of going to the West.

I had become a playboy.

It is a fantastic ship if you travel first class.

I don't feel like going anywhere.

You want to dance?

You are brave. Nobody dares dance with me.

Why?

- Because I am Chinese. - Well, I am American.

You talk of California, and I answer Cote d'Azur.

- San Francisco. - Monte Carlo!

Are we really leaving this time?

- Who is that couple? - Henry and Elisabeth.

- The Emperor of China? - Ex Emperor and his wife.

- She is beautiful. - Yes.

- Who are you? - His Majesty's other wife.

- Other wife? - Wife number 2.

Some people have all the luck.

General Chang Kai Shek has taken over Shanghai.

Kuomintang broke with the Reds!

He is smashing them to pieces!

Very good! Finally!

You had better return to the legation, Your Majesty.

- Your car is ready. - Thank you, Mr. Amakasu.

The general strike failed.

The international legation is safe.

The Kuomintang troops have control of the city again.

They are taking severe measures

to establish order.

Wen Hsiu, you want one too?

I want a divorce.

I am tired of being your lover.

I thought you were my second wife.

In the Forbidden City you were the Emperor

and I was your second wife.

But now you are just Henry Pu Yi.

Wan Jung is your wife, Elisabeth.

But what am I?

I'm not anything anymore.

I didn't think you were so unhappy.

In the West, you can only have one wife.

- I want a divorce. - Nobody can divorce me.

I want a divorce!

Highness, please!

Thank you.

I don't need it.

I don't need anything.

Wen Hsiu.

Elisabeth, excuse me. Don't you remember me?

I'm dressed as a pilot, even if I can't fly yet.

Oriental Jewel. We went to dance lessons together.

Before your marriage. How foolish!

- Why did you want to marry? - Wen Hsiu left.

- She won't come back. - Is it that serious?

She was my only friend.

You'll have a husband all to yourself now.

And you are forgetting me.

- I will be your friend. - You smoke opium!

Why don't you try? The best in Shanghai.

Why do you want to go to Europe?

Better to go to Japan. It's more fun.

More modern.

It was a secret that we were going to Europe.

I always know everything.

I know that Chang Kai Shek has false teeth.

I even know his nickname, "Cash Checks".

I am a spy.

- I don't care if people know. - A spy?

I work for the Japanese Secret Service.

They sent me here to protect you.

The Japanese are trying to get him on their side.

He already sent his brother to the Tokyo Military Academy.

They constantly talk to him about Manchuria.

And Mr. Amakasu doesn't even say hello to me.

I don't trust the Japanese.

Of course, I'd like to be the Emperor's second wife.

- Oriental Jewel! - If the place is vacant.

The place is vacant, my dear cousin.

But the part isn't suited for you.

Wen Hsiu left her Pekinese dog here. Want it?

It was my fault, yes, all my fault.

I came to talk to you, Your Majesty.

I have bad news for you. Something happened.

The imperial tombs of our Manchurian ancestors

were attacked and ransacked,

beastly plundered by the Kuomintang troops.

Chinese soldiers.

The Warlords, ordered by Chang Kai Shek.

The body of the Empress Widow was reduced to pieces.

Her pearl necklace is Chang Kai Shek's wedding gift

to his new wife.

- 981 , you consider yourself Chinese? - Naturally.

- What is this? - Japan.

- What is this part of China called? - North east.

- What did you call it as a child? - Manchuria.

Japan invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931 ,

and began to create a dummy state, Manchukuo.

Shortly after, a Japanese delegation secretly went

to Tientsin to ask for your cooperation.

Will you say you refused? Answer!

I told you a hundred times.

Tell us another 200 times!

- I refused to cooperate. - You say you refused,

but one month later, on November 10, 1931 ,

you went to Manchuria, or should I call it Manchukuo?

According to your so-called confession,

you didn't go to Manchuria spontaneously.

- The Japanese kidnapped you. - Yes.

- And forced you to go to Manchuria. - Yes.

Sit down.

You surely remember a man called Reginald Fleming Johnston.

- He was your tutor. - Yes.

And a good friend, it seems.

After living 28 years in China,

Mr. Johnston returned to England.

There he became professor of Oriental Studies

at the London University,

and he wrote a book called, "The Dusk of the Forbidden City".

Look here. It is dedicated to you.

I will miss you very much, Mr. Johnston.

I'll miss you very much too, Majesty.

- You think a man can again be Emperor? - Certainly.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

How should we say goodbye?

As when we met.

Well, goodbye, Mr. Johnston.

Well, goodbye, Your Majesty.

Goodbye, Mr. Johnston! I will never forget you. Goodbye!

Goodbye, Mr. Johnston! Goodbye! Goodbye!

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Mr. Johnston writes: "The version saying that

the Emperor was kidnapped by the Japanese,

is totally false."

"Pu Yi left Tientsin and went to Manchuria spontaneously.

- Johnston is a liar. - What did you say?

Mr. Johnston had left when they took me to Manchuria.

Perhaps he was wrongly informed.

Sit down!

You say that you prepared this man's suitcases

on the morning of November 9.

Isn't it strange that a man who will be kidnapped

asks to prepare his suitcases one day before that?

It is what you wrote, right?

Who ordered you to prepare this man's suitcases?

It's obvious that these versions do not match.

It happened a long time ago.

- Maybe I made a mistake. - No! You are lying!

- You are both lying! - Control yourself!

You can still change your mind.

I can't, because of my hereditary right.

I am the Sovereign of the Manchurian people.

Manchuria cannot exist if I don't govern it.

Don't you see that the Japanese are using you?

I will use them, instead.

Your Majesty, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria

will be condemned by the League of Nations

and by all the civilized countries of the world.

The Chinese Republic did not keep its promises.

Its troops plundered the tombs of my ancestors.

Its army didn't defend Manchuria from the Japanese.

But Manchuria is part of China.

The Chinese turned their backs on me.

Please, don't go. Forget it.

Manchuria is the richest country of Asia.

Coal, petrol, railways.

Every year millions of Chinese emigrate to Manchuria.

I must build my country.

Johnston was often wrong, but he wasn't a liar.

You were not kidnapped.

You went to Manchuria on your own.

You wanted to go back and be the Emperor.

This might help you remember the truth.

To the sky.

To the earth.

To the moon.

And to the sun.

You are Empress again.

I want a pilot's license,

and will go to the Yokohama base

to practice on bomber aircrafts.

I want to bomb Shanghai.

- You want to bomb Shanghai? - I hate China.

And I hate you.

The Chiefs of Staff of the Kwantung army, a spectacle!

The Japanese Chiefs of Staff.

Come on.

In the name of the Japanese Emperor,

the Commander of the Kwantung army,

warmly congratulates His Majesty

on the occasion of his crowning.

May I, gentlemen?

My wife, Princess Hiro Saga.

Prime Minister Cheng Hsiao Hsiu.

The Honorable Chang Chinghui, Minister of War.

The Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Colombo.

The Empress and I accept the invitation with pleasure.

Excuse me, General.

Mr. Amakasu,

the president of the new cinema studios of Manchuria.

Why do you want to ruin this day?

Why?

Mr. Amakasu has become the most powerful man in Manchukuo.

What are you talking about?

You never thought I'd be emperor, but I am here.

You are really blind.

You know what it means to be Empress?

You are the Empress!

Why don't you make love to me anymore?

Because you have become an opium addict.

Opium killed my mother, it destroyed China.

- Opium is sold all over Manchukuo. - Be quiet!

- It's in all the stores. - Be quiet!

Your brother will soon be a father.

We must have a child too. We must have an heir.

We received from the Emperor Hirohito,

an official invitation to go to Japan. I'll go alone.

You will stay here.

- I'd never accept going to Japan. - Please leave!

Ten thousand years to His Majesty the Emperor!

- Ten thousand years! - Ten thousand years!

I told you, I hate you.

Only because I give you what you need.

Now we are engaged.

- You forgot toothpaste. - Yes... sir.

Separate them.

981 , get your things!

Go up!

Your shoes are untied. Tie them.

On Thursdays you serve in the mess hall, Fridays, clean the toilets,

Saturdays, wash the floors.

I have never been separated from my family.

You had better get used to it.

Don't you remember me, Mr. Pu Yi?

I was Minister of Commerce in Manchukuo.

You were all in Manchukuo.

I am cell head now. We must respect the rules.

It is forbidden to speak during study hours.

Where is your gun, Captain? Their swords?

They disarmed us, Your Majesty.

- Colonel Yoshioka's orders. - Colonel Yoshioka.

Colonel Yoshioka.

What is happening? Why were my guards disarmed?

I'm sorry. It was sad for everyone, Your Majesty.

Many changes took place while you were in Tokyo.

Your Majesty, I want to introduce Masaomi Kobayakawa,

the new Japanese ambassador in Manchukuo.

Why isn't Prime Minister Hsiao Hsiu here to receive me?

He turned in his resignation, Your Majesty.

- His son was murdered. - Murdered?

By Communist bandits, Your Majesty.

I must see him immediately.

He refuses to see anyone, Your Majesty.

He retired to a monastery far away from here.

Who are you?

Chang Chinghui, Your Majesty, Minister of War.

Yes...

Of course.

The Council meeting has been set for today at four,

before the State dinner.

"The Emperor is asked to sign what follows:

After attentive consideration, it was decided to nominate

the Honorable Chang Chinghui as new Manchukuo Prime Minister."

No! Today, after our return from Japan,

we wish to talk about something more important.

The future of our friendship with Japan,

which is based on mutual respect,

and respect means equality and independence.

When the two emperors, side by side,

greeted the national flags,

they acknowledged that Manchukuo had become of age.

Manchukuo is not a Japanese colony.

Manchukuo is Manchuria!

The bonds uniting our two countries,

are like the bonds uniting the two emperors,

based on brotherly trust and on... and on...

The desire to maintain our ancient traditions

and mutual respect of our national identities.

We already welcomed the ambassadors

of El Salvador, of Costa Rica and the Vatican!

We are certain the other countries will follow.

I am expecting a child.

The father is Manciurian.

- Colonel Yoshioka and Mr. Amakasu. - I did it for you.

Your Majesty forgot to sign the Prime Minister's nomination.

Mr. Chang Chinghui.

I did not forget.

When an Englishman robs someone, he becomes a gentleman.

If he steals a great deal, they make him a baronet.

You think the English Empire is a charity operation?

If India has to accept expenses of its occupation,

Manchukuo must do the same!

We hope that Manchukuo will soon have an heir.

- The Empress is expecting a child. - Yes, Your Majesty.

We are aware of that.

This is the name of the father.

His name is Chang. He is your driver.

All the details have been recorded.

That man will be punished.

The Emperor's honor must not be soiled.

The Japanese are the only divine race existing in the world.

We will take China, Hong Kong,

Indochina, Siam,

Malesia, Singapore and India!

All of Asia belongs to us!

Your cell companions complained too.

Don't disturb the others when you urinate at night.

To avoid making noise, learn to do it

against the bucket's side, and not in the middle as you do.

Yes, companion.

Do you think I am still your servant?

You are simply pretending.

- You all pretend you've changed. - Silence!

The Party teaches us to be new men!

We are working for a new China!

You worked in Amakasu's private office.

You are still the same men. Men don't change.

Guard! Guard!

Guard!

I let it happen.

- Guard! - I let it happen.

The second edict, Your Majesty.

Japanese will be the official language of Manchukuo schools.

Your Majesty!

- The child was born dead. - How is the Empress?

She should move to a clinic or a warmer country.

She has already left, Your Majesty.

Open the door.

With Manchukuo firmly in their possession,

the Japanese soon took control of northern China.

In 1937, they were ready to attack the south,

the heart of China.

The air raid on Shanghai

was one of the first bombings of history,

aimed at a helpless population.

It left thousands homeless, and thousands died.

Three months later, the Japanese armies

attacked the temporary capital of Nanchino,

and when the city fell, many atrocities took place.

In using terror to convince China to surrender,

the High Japanese Command ordered a massacre.

More than 200 thousand civilians

were systematically killed.

The world watched with horror, but did not move to help them.

On December 7, 1941 , Japan attacked the American fleet

in Pearl Harbor, without any forewarning.

Manchukuo, Japanese bulwark in northern China,

had always been governed by the dummy Emperor, Pu Yi.

But behind the triumphant facade,

there was a country that was in slavery,

one where experiments on bacteriological weapons

were carried out on human beings,

one where production of opium

had become the easiest way to finance the war.

Millions of people were deliberately

turned into drug addicts.

Nine days later, the Hiroshima bomb.

On August 15, 1945,

Emperor Hirohito announced surrender of Japan.

For the first time, his voice was heard on the radio.

You must go to Tokyo, Your Majesty.

Surrender to the Americans. Don't wait for the Russians.

The Communists will kill everyone.

The Empress is back.

She doesn't want you to see her in her condition.

Your Majesty!

Hurry! There are no more seats on the plane.

The Empress is not in danger. You must hurry.

Your Majesty, you must leave right away. Now!

The Russians!

Perhaps you think we are here to teach men

to lie in another way.

Why did you sign all that you were accused of?

I didn't stop you from killing yourself, to do this.

A man doesn't sign anything to please his enemies,

or to please me.

You knew many things about the Manchukuo period,

including secret agreements. How was it possible

that you knew about Japanese experiments in Harbin

on bacteriological war? How was it possible?

Why did you sign those papers?

Yes, I am responsible for everything that happened.

You are only responsible for what you did.

All your life you always thought

you were better than others,

and now you think you are the worst.

Why don't you just leave me alone?

You saved me to be a puppet in your performance.

You spared my life because I am useful to you.

Is it something terrible to be useful?

Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi.

The Supreme Court of the People orders that

the war criminal, Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi,

male, 53 years of age,

of Manchurian nationality, who lived in Beijing,

has served ten years in prison.

As a result of the rehabilitation obtained from work

and ideological education during his detention,

he shows to be amended.

According to clause 1 of the special law on forgiveness,

the prisoner today is released.

See?

I will remain in prison longer than you.

The Red Guards.

They are so young.

It is dangerous.

Look! Look!

Look there!

It is the governor of our prison.

- It can't be. - I am sure it is him.

Be careful.

Where are you going? Stop!

Companion, there must be a mistake.

I know this man. He is a good person.

- Who are you? - I am a gardener.

Get in line, companion, or get the hell out.

- What did he do? - He is being accused.

- Of what? - Serving the caste.

- A revisionist element. - He is a dirty reactionist.

- Confess your crimes. - I've nothing to confess.

Kneel before Mao!

- Confess your crimes! - I've nothing to confess. - Kneel!

- Confess your crimes! - Stop!

He is an educator, and knows many things...

You can't do that. You're making a mistake!

He knows how to educate.

Stop!

You can't go there. It's forbidden.

- Who are you? - The custodian's son. I live here.

I used to live here too.

Look. That is where I sat.

- Who are you? - I was the Emperor of China.

- Prove it. - Wait.

This is the Pavilion of Supreme Harmony

where the emperors were crowned.

The last emperor to be crowned here,

was Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi. He was 3 years old. He died in 1967.

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