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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:57,637 --> 00:03:01,724 'The war criminals will proceed in orderly fashion 2 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:06,270 'to the main waiting room and await instructions. 3 00:03:06,395 --> 00:03:10,150 'No talking. Obey the guards. 4 00:03:12,151 --> 00:03:16,990 'War criminals must proceed to the main waiting room. 5 00:03:18,491 --> 00:03:22,787 'Those caught talking will be severely punished.' 6 00:04:09,793 --> 00:04:11,794 The emperor. 7 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:15,507 Your majesty. 8 00:04:15,632 --> 00:04:17,233 What do they think they are doing? 9 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:18,509 It is dangerous. 10 00:04:19,468 --> 00:04:23,096 Go back. Go back. Go! 11 00:04:23,223 --> 00:04:25,766 Are you mad? They could kill us all. 12 00:04:25,891 --> 00:04:27,560 Go. Go. 13 00:06:24,802 --> 00:06:26,887 Open the door! 14 00:06:27,430 --> 00:06:29,014 Open the door! 15 00:06:30,266 --> 00:06:32,017 Open the door! 16 00:06:33,394 --> 00:06:35,646 Open the door! 17 00:07:06,052 --> 00:07:07,803 Mama. 18 00:07:30,742 --> 00:07:34,413 By the command of her imperial majesty, 19 00:07:34,538 --> 00:07:38,793 also called the compassionate and the blessed, 20 00:07:38,918 --> 00:07:41,504 the respectful and the long-living, 21 00:07:41,629 --> 00:07:44,382 the empress dowager commands 22 00:07:44,507 --> 00:07:48,761 aisin-gioro pu yi, son of prince chun, 23 00:07:49,637 --> 00:07:52,639 shall be transferred immediately 24 00:07:52,764 --> 00:07:54,600 to the forbidden city 25 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:59,896 and will remain in the great within awaiting her majesty's decision. 26 00:08:00,023 --> 00:08:02,190 Respect this! 27 00:08:39,312 --> 00:08:41,855 Ar mo, I am giving you my son. 28 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:46,527 - My son is your son. - Quick! Quick! 29 00:09:08,673 --> 00:09:11,635 I want to go home. 30 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,096 Look. Look at the forbidden city. 31 00:10:08,067 --> 00:10:10,068 Give him to me. 32 00:10:11,946 --> 00:10:13,780 Ar mo! 33 00:10:42,434 --> 00:10:45,855 Pu yi, come here. 34 00:11:01,037 --> 00:11:03,456 How small you are. 35 00:11:03,581 --> 00:11:06,750 Are you afraid of me? 36 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:09,044 Everyone is. 37 00:11:10,922 --> 00:11:15,426 I am the grand empress dowager. 38 00:11:15,551 --> 00:11:20,681 And I have lived here for a long, long time. 39 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:37,530 And they call me the old Buddha. 40 00:11:42,662 --> 00:11:44,996 This is peony. 41 00:11:46,249 --> 00:11:49,000 Do you like her? 42 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:55,466 Men, you know, are not allowed in the forbidden city after dark. 43 00:11:57,342 --> 00:12:01,013 Even little men like you. 44 00:12:01,138 --> 00:12:07,144 The only man who can live here is the emperor. 45 00:12:09,355 --> 00:12:12,441 But the emperor is on high, 46 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:16,278 riding the dragon now. 47 00:12:18,072 --> 00:12:21,241 He died today. 48 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:41,261 Longevity. 49 00:12:44,932 --> 00:12:50,520 These other men... They are not real men. 50 00:12:50,645 --> 00:12:53,982 They are all eunuchs. 51 00:12:59,947 --> 00:13:05,785 And now they are all waiting for me to die. 52 00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:12,585 That is why they are putting my bed in the middle of the room, 53 00:13:12,710 --> 00:13:15,879 under the black Pearl. 54 00:13:19,508 --> 00:13:21,677 Little pu yi... 55 00:13:24,429 --> 00:13:27,099 I have decided 56 00:13:27,224 --> 00:13:32,312 that you will be the new lord of ten thousand years. 57 00:13:33,688 --> 00:13:39,778 You will be the son of heaven. 58 00:14:32,956 --> 00:14:35,708 Are we going home, papa? 59 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:47,030 Shh! Shh! 60 00:15:49,991 --> 00:15:52,119 Shh. It will soon be over. 61 00:15:55,206 --> 00:15:56,373 Look! 62 00:16:07,342 --> 00:16:08,760 Look. 63 00:17:42,438 --> 00:17:45,441 Cricket! 64 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:59,203 Cricket! Cricket! Where's the cricket? 65 00:17:59,329 --> 00:18:02,499 Ah, he is my friend, your majesty. 66 00:18:02,625 --> 00:18:06,295 Safe and warm under my arm. 67 00:18:06,420 --> 00:18:10,089 Kept me company on the long journey here. 68 00:18:10,214 --> 00:18:13,384 Ah-ha. See? 69 00:18:13,509 --> 00:18:16,846 He is kowtowing to your majesty. 70 00:18:17,513 --> 00:18:20,933 Now he can be the emperor's cricket. 71 00:18:31,194 --> 00:18:34,280 Your majesty, this is the forbidden city. 72 00:18:36,784 --> 00:18:38,117 Have a look. 73 00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:41,413 This little one is your majesty's bedroom. 74 00:18:41,538 --> 00:18:43,374 This is where we are. 75 00:18:43,499 --> 00:18:45,834 Am I going home today? 76 00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:49,171 Not today. Not yet. 77 00:18:49,296 --> 00:18:50,838 And here, look. 78 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:55,426 This is the hall of supreme Harmony where your majesty was crowned. 79 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:08,231 I give your majesty the gate of martial valour. 80 00:19:08,356 --> 00:19:11,943 "I give you the martial gate... The gate." 81 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:14,570 Yes. Yes. 82 00:19:14,696 --> 00:19:17,449 And the palace of the cloudless heaven. 83 00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:20,868 _ And... yes... 84 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:24,288 Your majesty, your imperial bath is ready. 85 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:27,209 I don't like baths! 86 00:19:27,334 --> 00:19:31,380 I don't like baths! I don't like baths! 87 00:19:36,593 --> 00:19:39,096 No bean curd today and no meat. 88 00:19:55,570 --> 00:19:59,031 Is it true I can do anything I want? 89 00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:03,119 Of course, your majesty. Anything you want. 90 00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:05,663 You are the lord of ten thousand years. 91 00:20:06,164 --> 00:20:09,625 Oh! No, no, not in my face. 92 00:20:09,751 --> 00:20:11,753 I'm the son of heaven! 93 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:13,046 I'm the son of heaven! 94 00:20:13,172 --> 00:20:15,758 Yes. Oh. Yes. 95 00:20:16,717 --> 00:20:20,721 I am the son of heaven! I am the son of heaven! 96 00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:25,099 Ar mo! I want to go home. 97 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,644 I want to go home. I want to go home. 98 00:20:27,769 --> 00:20:29,855 I want to go home, ar mo. 99 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:32,648 - I want to go home. - Shh... 100 00:20:51,210 --> 00:20:54,046 Once upon a time 101 00:20:54,171 --> 00:20:59,759 there was a great tree and a great wind. 102 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:05,348 And when the tree fell, the monkeys were scattered. 103 00:21:29,373 --> 00:21:31,208 His soup is getting cold. 104 00:21:33,876 --> 00:21:36,462 - Where am I? - In the people's republic of China. 105 00:21:43,428 --> 00:21:46,722 - Why did you stop me? - You are a criminal. You must be judged. 106 00:22:32,810 --> 00:22:34,855 'I repeat! 107 00:22:34,980 --> 00:22:38,983 'Prisoners going to their cells will walk with their heads bowed. 108 00:22:39,108 --> 00:22:40,359 'Keep your eyes on the ground. 109 00:22:40,484 --> 00:22:43,654 'No looking forward or to the side. 110 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:46,450 'The guards will give you directions and tell you when to turn.' 111 00:23:03,049 --> 00:23:04,718 Pu chieh. 112 00:23:27,490 --> 00:23:30,701 Your guest is waiting to meet you, your majesty. 113 00:23:34,748 --> 00:23:37,250 Also, your mother has arrived. 114 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:42,463 You have not seen your mother for many years, your majesty. 115 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:57,604 - He is so small. - He is young, your majesty. 116 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:10,616 The emperor's brother, his excellency pu chieh. 117 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:29,760 Ar mo. 118 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,902 How is the health of his majesty's mother? 119 00:24:46,028 --> 00:24:48,779 It is better, thank you. 120 00:24:48,904 --> 00:24:52,075 How much his majesty has grown. 121 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:59,249 My mother has not seen me for seven years. 122 00:25:02,376 --> 00:25:04,755 Do you remember my face? 123 00:25:08,467 --> 00:25:11,803 The night they came with the horses, I knew it would be like this. 124 00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:15,723 - My brother sees you every day. - Pu chieh is very excited to meet you. 125 00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:17,893 He often talks about you. 126 00:25:18,018 --> 00:25:20,644 We are all very proud of you. 127 00:25:21,145 --> 00:25:22,855 The kite. 128 00:25:22,980 --> 00:25:24,857 He chose this for you. 129 00:25:38,872 --> 00:25:40,539 Papa! 130 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:22,833 They're turning away. 131 00:26:22,958 --> 00:26:26,294 Of course. Ordinary people are not allowed to look at the emperor. 132 00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:27,671 I'm too important. 133 00:26:27,796 --> 00:26:31,133 Is it true that you can do whatever you want? 134 00:26:31,258 --> 00:26:35,428 Of course I can. If I am naughty, someone else is punished. 135 00:26:35,554 --> 00:26:37,471 One of them. 136 00:26:41,268 --> 00:26:42,685 Stop! 137 00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:45,980 The emperor will walk. 138 00:26:54,614 --> 00:26:57,951 I have never met other children. 139 00:26:58,076 --> 00:27:01,453 - Are they all like you? - I've got three sisters and two friends. 140 00:27:01,579 --> 00:27:03,957 If you come to our house, you can play with us. 141 00:27:04,082 --> 00:27:06,209 The emperor never leaves the palace. 142 00:27:07,836 --> 00:27:09,587 We play games together! 143 00:27:09,712 --> 00:27:12,715 I know a game too. Run! 144 00:28:08,355 --> 00:28:10,522 The ones on the boat are the high consorts. 145 00:28:10,648 --> 00:28:14,486 - High consorts? - The wives of the emperor before me. 146 00:28:14,611 --> 00:28:17,614 They say they're my mother, but they're not. They're not! 147 00:30:20,111 --> 00:30:23,365 Why are you wearing that? You are not allowed to wear yellow! 148 00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:27,160 But this is ordinary yellow. 149 00:30:27,285 --> 00:30:30,663 - It is imperial yellow! - No, it is not! 150 00:30:30,788 --> 00:30:32,123 We say it is! 151 00:30:32,248 --> 00:30:35,335 Only the emperor can wear that yellow! Take it off! 152 00:30:35,460 --> 00:30:37,295 - No! - Take it off! 153 00:30:37,420 --> 00:30:39,713 No! And you're not the emperor anymore! 154 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,673 There is a new emperor now! 155 00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:45,886 He has cut off his queue, and instead of a camel, he has got a car! 156 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:48,847 What did you say? 157 00:30:48,972 --> 00:30:51,267 You are not the emperor. 158 00:30:55,313 --> 00:30:56,730 Liar! 159 00:30:57,773 --> 00:31:01,027 - You're not the emperor anymore! - Liar! 160 00:31:01,152 --> 00:31:02,569 Liar! 161 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,364 You're not the... 162 00:31:06,699 --> 00:31:10,537 - Liar! - You're not the emperor. 163 00:31:10,662 --> 00:31:12,579 - Liar! - You're not the emperor! 164 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,707 How dare you! 165 00:31:18,252 --> 00:31:20,255 You're not the emperor! 166 00:31:20,380 --> 00:31:22,214 Please. No! 167 00:31:22,339 --> 00:31:26,260 Your majesty, calm yourself. 168 00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:29,471 - You're not the emperor! - How dare you! 169 00:31:29,596 --> 00:31:33,183 Oh, your majesty, calm yourself. 170 00:31:34,519 --> 00:31:36,688 Am I the emperor or not? 171 00:31:36,813 --> 00:31:40,232 Your majesty will always be the emperor. 172 00:31:40,357 --> 00:31:42,317 - You see? - Prove it. 173 00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:46,739 Big foot. 174 00:31:49,951 --> 00:31:51,035 Drink it. 175 00:31:52,453 --> 00:31:55,205 Go on. Drink the green ink. 176 00:32:14,517 --> 00:32:16,603 I will show you! 177 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,512 See? That is a car. He's the president of the republic. 178 00:33:50,946 --> 00:33:54,284 Why is this wall here, lord Chamberlain? 179 00:33:54,409 --> 00:33:58,829 It is just a wall, your majesty. Nothing has changed. 180 00:33:58,954 --> 00:34:00,789 You are lying. 181 00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:19,224 High tutor, am I still the emperor? 182 00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:24,021 You will always be the emperor inside the forbidden city, 183 00:34:24,146 --> 00:34:26,481 but not outside. 184 00:34:26,608 --> 00:34:28,443 I do not understand. 185 00:34:28,568 --> 00:34:34,072 Outside China is now a republic with a president. 186 00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:37,117 Where is ar mo? 187 00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:40,371 Ar mo? 188 00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:04,978 You are all liars! 189 00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:15,239 - Let me say goodbye! - Hurry. Hurry. 190 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:21,244 He's my child! 191 00:35:39,179 --> 00:35:40,681 Ar mo? 192 00:35:41,766 --> 00:35:43,266 Ar mo? 193 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:56,364 I do not understand. 194 00:35:56,489 --> 00:35:58,657 I do not understand. 195 00:35:58,782 --> 00:36:03,871 Your majesty is a big boy now. He cannot have a wet nurse anymore. 196 00:36:03,996 --> 00:36:07,666 It is much better like this. Much healthier. 197 00:36:07,791 --> 00:36:10,460 But she is not my wet nurse. 198 00:36:11,378 --> 00:36:13,547 She is my butterfly. 199 00:36:26,601 --> 00:36:28,353 Ar mo! 200 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,940 Ar mo! 201 00:36:38,155 --> 00:36:39,907 Ar mo! 202 00:36:41,742 --> 00:36:43,577 Ar mo! 203 00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:45,454 Ar mo! 204 00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:47,914 Ar mo! 205 00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:53,128 Ar mo! 206 00:36:57,925 --> 00:36:59,927 Ar mo! 207 00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:48,851 This is the detention centre 208 00:37:48,976 --> 00:37:52,521 of the fushun bureau of public security. 209 00:37:52,646 --> 00:37:55,273 And I am the governor. 210 00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:59,110 During the war, this was a Japanese prison. 211 00:37:59,237 --> 00:38:01,489 Many of you may remember it 212 00:38:01,614 --> 00:38:04,617 because you worked with the Japanese. 213 00:38:04,742 --> 00:38:09,996 You were responsible for building it and you filled it with innocent people. 214 00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:14,210 How could this happen? Why did you betray your own country? 215 00:38:14,335 --> 00:38:16,838 What turned you into war criminals? 216 00:38:16,963 --> 00:38:20,800 We believe that men are born good. 217 00:38:20,925 --> 00:38:23,885 We believe that the only way to change 218 00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:26,764 is to discover the truth and look at it in the face. 219 00:38:28,181 --> 00:38:30,601 That is why you are here. 220 00:38:30,726 --> 00:38:34,230 You will begin by writing the story of your lives 221 00:38:34,355 --> 00:38:36,773 and by confessing your crimes. 222 00:38:36,898 --> 00:38:42,737 Your salvation will lie entirely in the attitude you take. 223 00:38:42,864 --> 00:38:47,284 I advise you to be frank and sincere. 224 00:38:47,409 --> 00:38:51,873 Otherwise, things can still go very badly for you. 225 00:39:18,983 --> 00:39:20,400 'After a few years 226 00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:23,862 'the Chinese republic had become as corrupt as the old empire. 227 00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:29,827 'It fell quickly into the hands of ambitious generals and corrupt bureaucrats. 228 00:39:29,952 --> 00:39:33,204 'The era of the warlords had begun. 229 00:39:33,331 --> 00:39:36,333 'By may 1919, when I received my appointment, 230 00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:38,960 'China was in turmoil.' 231 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:47,422 May the new tutor present himself. 232 00:42:02,980 --> 00:42:06,567 Your imperial highness, the new tutor. 233 00:42:08,235 --> 00:42:11,072 Mr Reginald Fleming johnston. 234 00:42:12,739 --> 00:42:14,449 How do you do, mr johnston? 235 00:42:15,117 --> 00:42:18,161 How do you do, your majesty? 236 00:42:29,005 --> 00:42:31,425 Now we will go to school. 237 00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:35,554 Your majesty, in my country, it would be usual to begin 238 00:42:35,679 --> 00:42:38,139 with some kind of an examination. 239 00:42:39,224 --> 00:42:41,476 The emperor cannot be examined. 240 00:42:42,061 --> 00:42:43,728 Well, that may have to change. 241 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:48,150 But first your majesty might like to ask me some questions. 242 00:42:51,778 --> 00:42:53,739 Where are your ancestors buried? 243 00:42:53,864 --> 00:42:55,824 In Scotland, your majesty. 244 00:42:58,452 --> 00:43:00,954 But then, where's your skirt? 245 00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:03,958 In your country, men wear short skirts, do they not? 246 00:43:04,083 --> 00:43:05,291 No, your majesty. 247 00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:09,213 Scotsmen do not wear skirts. They wear kilts. 248 00:43:09,338 --> 00:43:12,007 - Kilts? - Kilts. 249 00:43:12,132 --> 00:43:15,969 A matter of words, perhaps, but words are important. 250 00:43:16,637 --> 00:43:18,222 Why are words important? 251 00:43:18,347 --> 00:43:21,016 If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, 252 00:43:21,141 --> 00:43:23,393 you will never mean what you say, 253 00:43:23,518 --> 00:43:27,481 and a gentleman should always mean what he says. 254 00:43:28,065 --> 00:43:30,693 Ah, yes. A gentleman. 255 00:43:31,318 --> 00:43:33,153 Are you a gentleman? 256 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,992 I would like to be a gentleman, your majesty. 257 00:43:38,117 --> 00:43:39,534 I try to be. 258 00:43:39,659 --> 00:43:41,369 I'm not a gentleman. 259 00:43:41,494 --> 00:43:43,831 I'm not allowed to say what I mean. 260 00:43:43,956 --> 00:43:46,250 They are always telling me what to say. 261 00:43:48,293 --> 00:43:50,920 Your majesty is still very young. 262 00:43:53,507 --> 00:43:58,052 I thought he might like to see some English and American magazines. 263 00:43:58,179 --> 00:44:01,849 I have just received them. 264 00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:09,690 I know that you know that I know 265 00:44:09,815 --> 00:44:12,400 that you know that that is a dialogue 266 00:44:12,525 --> 00:44:15,905 between confucius and chuang-tsu. 267 00:44:16,030 --> 00:44:19,699 Concerning respect, your majesty. 268 00:44:33,922 --> 00:44:36,342 Who is this George Washington? 269 00:44:36,467 --> 00:44:38,469 A famous American, your majesty. 270 00:44:38,594 --> 00:44:42,597 A revolutionary general. The first American president. 271 00:44:42,722 --> 00:44:45,893 Ah, like mr Lenin in Russia? 272 00:44:46,018 --> 00:44:47,686 Not quite. 273 00:44:48,728 --> 00:44:51,481 Does he have a car? 274 00:44:51,606 --> 00:44:54,777 He lived a long time ago, your majesty. 275 00:44:55,735 --> 00:44:57,820 I want a car. 276 00:45:02,326 --> 00:45:07,164 I think your mouse is trying to escape, your majesty. 277 00:45:10,793 --> 00:45:13,378 Please do not tell anyone about my mouse. 278 00:45:24,847 --> 00:45:27,016 The lesson is finished. 279 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,010 The official taster's a brave man. 280 00:46:02,177 --> 00:46:04,929 Many of my ancestors have been poisoned, you know. 281 00:46:08,851 --> 00:46:11,936 Does your majesty have lunch like this every day? 282 00:46:12,061 --> 00:46:14,481 Ah, yes. Every day. Like theatre. 283 00:46:14,606 --> 00:46:17,525 I do not know why. It has always been like that. 284 00:46:22,905 --> 00:46:25,199 How do they kill emperors in the west? 285 00:46:27,452 --> 00:46:30,204 The Austrian emperor was shot, was he not? 286 00:46:30,331 --> 00:46:34,460 No. But his nephew was assassinated before the great war. 287 00:46:34,585 --> 00:46:37,755 But the Russian emperor has been shot. He was called a czar. 288 00:46:38,422 --> 00:46:39,505 Yes. 289 00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:42,217 He took lots of our land in manchuria. 290 00:46:42,342 --> 00:46:47,514 I'm a manchurian. Even after the republic, it's still my country. 291 00:46:48,681 --> 00:46:54,313 The... secret, your majesty, is emerging again. 292 00:47:11,621 --> 00:47:15,000 Is something the matter, your majesty? 293 00:47:15,125 --> 00:47:16,501 Something is happening. 294 00:47:21,672 --> 00:47:23,675 What is happening, mr johnston? 295 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,885 - Nothing is hap... - Quiet. 296 00:48:09,637 --> 00:48:15,686 On our way here, your majesty, we were held up by students from the university. 297 00:48:15,811 --> 00:48:18,146 They were protesting against the republican government 298 00:48:18,271 --> 00:48:23,527 because it has agreed to give away Chinese territory to Japan. 299 00:48:23,652 --> 00:48:25,737 Is it true, mr johnston, 300 00:48:25,862 --> 00:48:29,782 that many people out there have had their heads chopped off? 301 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:32,494 It is true, your majesty. 302 00:48:32,619 --> 00:48:35,706 Many heads have been chopped off. 303 00:48:36,956 --> 00:48:40,126 It does stop them thinking. 304 00:48:40,251 --> 00:48:42,086 It is time for the emperor's rest. 305 00:48:42,211 --> 00:48:44,797 The students are right to be angry. 306 00:48:50,179 --> 00:48:52,014 I'm angry. 307 00:48:53,931 --> 00:48:57,351 But I'm not allowed to leave the forbidden city. 308 00:48:58,811 --> 00:49:01,148 I want to go out, mr johnston. 309 00:49:01,273 --> 00:49:02,690 My lord. 310 00:49:04,025 --> 00:49:06,777 I want to see the city of sounds. 311 00:49:15,496 --> 00:49:19,666 The emperor awards you with the order of the Ruby hat button, 312 00:49:19,791 --> 00:49:24,463 and with the right to be carried in your own chair, with four bearers. 313 00:50:00,498 --> 00:50:04,670 J“ ye'ii take the high road and I'll take the low road... j“ 314 00:51:13,614 --> 00:51:19,119 I hope the emperor has not forgotten that this is the day for his maths class. 315 00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:28,461 For your majesty. 316 00:51:29,086 --> 00:51:31,465 My doctor said bicycles are bad for you. 317 00:51:31,590 --> 00:51:33,842 Bad for you? Nonsense! 318 00:51:42,893 --> 00:51:44,226 How does it work? 319 00:51:46,146 --> 00:51:47,981 It's simple. 320 00:51:49,106 --> 00:51:52,693 Head up and eyes forward. 321 00:51:53,903 --> 00:51:56,072 As in life. 322 00:52:19,762 --> 00:52:21,264 My mother's dead, is she not? 323 00:52:21,389 --> 00:52:24,643 Yes, your majesty. 324 00:52:24,768 --> 00:52:26,519 I'm profoundly sorry. 325 00:52:26,644 --> 00:52:28,313 I am not. 326 00:52:32,317 --> 00:52:35,820 She killed herself. She swallowed a ball of opium. 327 00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:41,117 I'm going to see her and my brother. 328 00:54:11,373 --> 00:54:12,541 Open the door. 329 00:54:15,545 --> 00:54:17,380 Open the door! 330 00:54:29,391 --> 00:54:31,228 Open the door. 331 00:55:19,150 --> 00:55:21,570 Foreign trouble! 332 00:55:21,695 --> 00:55:23,864 Devil! 333 00:55:23,989 --> 00:55:25,489 Meddler! 334 00:55:25,614 --> 00:55:28,034 Trouble! Nothing but trouble. 335 00:55:28,159 --> 00:55:32,956 - Look where you lead him. - And you are an old, cruel, ignorant man! 336 00:55:33,081 --> 00:55:37,251 The boy's mother is dead, and he's not even allowed to see her! 337 00:55:37,376 --> 00:55:39,045 I want to go out! 338 00:55:39,170 --> 00:55:40,672 I want to go out! 339 00:55:40,797 --> 00:55:42,507 Stop it! Stay where you are! 340 00:55:42,632 --> 00:55:45,385 - I want to go out! - Stop it! 341 00:55:45,510 --> 00:55:48,262 - I want to go out! - Stay where you are! You fool! 342 00:55:48,387 --> 00:55:49,722 Stay there! 343 00:55:51,557 --> 00:55:53,059 Chang. 344 00:55:53,643 --> 00:55:55,811 Hunchback. Big foot. 345 00:56:24,090 --> 00:56:25,592 Sir. 346 00:56:27,177 --> 00:56:28,594 Give me your hand, sir. 347 00:56:33,849 --> 00:56:35,684 Give me your hand, sir. 348 00:56:42,900 --> 00:56:44,818 Can you not see? 349 00:56:59,793 --> 00:57:02,295 Look at my left ear, please, sir. 350 00:57:02,420 --> 00:57:04,172 Thank you. 351 00:57:05,255 --> 00:57:07,509 And now my right. 352 00:57:07,634 --> 00:57:09,052 Thank you. 353 00:57:09,177 --> 00:57:10,737 Would you follow my finger, please, sir? 354 00:57:16,351 --> 00:57:17,811 Mm-hmm. 355 00:57:19,646 --> 00:57:22,898 Well, it's perfectly simple, johnston. The emperor needs spectacles. 356 00:57:24,067 --> 00:57:25,318 Like Harold Lloyd. 357 00:57:26,027 --> 00:57:27,528 Impossible. 358 00:57:27,653 --> 00:57:30,699 An emperor does not wear spectacles. 359 00:57:30,824 --> 00:57:32,492 That cannot be allowed. 360 00:57:32,617 --> 00:57:36,204 Times have changed, your highnesses. 361 00:57:50,802 --> 00:57:54,556 If his majesty doesn't get spectacles, johnston, he could lose his sight. 362 00:57:59,268 --> 00:58:00,769 Your majesty. 363 00:58:19,289 --> 00:58:23,543 If the emperor does not get spectacles, I will resign. 364 00:58:23,668 --> 00:58:26,670 Unfortunately, our decision is final. 365 00:58:26,795 --> 00:58:28,797 And unfortunately, what I have to say 366 00:58:28,922 --> 00:58:32,342 will be published in every newspaper in China. 367 00:58:35,804 --> 00:58:38,641 What do you have to say, mr johnston? 368 00:58:40,268 --> 00:58:43,021 The emperor has been a prisoner in his own palace 369 00:58:43,146 --> 00:58:44,563 since the day that he was crowned 370 00:58:44,688 --> 00:58:46,858 and has remained a prisoner since he abdicated. 371 00:58:46,983 --> 00:58:50,487 But now he's growing up, he may wonder why he is the only person in China 372 00:58:50,612 --> 00:58:53,782 who may not walk out of his own front door. 373 00:58:55,867 --> 00:58:59,536 I think the emperor is the loneliest boy on earth. 374 00:59:01,623 --> 00:59:06,376 It would be conveniently sad if he becomes blind. 375 00:59:06,503 --> 00:59:09,088 Blind, mr johnston? 376 00:59:10,130 --> 00:59:12,800 To the expense, your excellency. 377 00:59:12,925 --> 00:59:16,346 To the cost of maintaining 1,200 eunuchs, 378 00:59:16,471 --> 00:59:21,809 350 ladies-in-waiting and 185 cooks. 379 00:59:21,934 --> 00:59:27,440 To buying 120 sable furs a month and 3,000 chickens a week. 380 00:59:27,565 --> 00:59:32,487 To the fact that 840 guards and employees of the household department 381 00:59:32,612 --> 00:59:36,865 plus one lord Chamberlain care only about one thing: 382 00:59:36,990 --> 00:59:40,411 Filling their own rice bowls. 383 00:59:40,536 --> 00:59:44,373 You are very good at accounts, mr johnston. 384 00:59:44,498 --> 00:59:47,001 The emperor may have abdicated, 385 00:59:47,126 --> 00:59:51,630 but he's still a symbol of great importance to many people. 386 00:59:52,923 --> 00:59:56,677 If I did not agree with that, I would not be here. 387 00:59:57,679 --> 00:59:59,597 And some of us believe 388 00:59:59,722 --> 01:00:04,561 that one day soon he may be more than a symbol. 389 01:00:04,686 --> 01:00:07,271 The spectacles are a detail. 390 01:00:07,396 --> 01:00:11,150 What do you really want, mr johnston? 391 01:00:11,275 --> 01:00:13,777 Just the spectacles. 392 01:01:05,121 --> 01:01:10,083 The Princess wan jung, your majesty. Seventeen years old. 393 01:01:17,800 --> 01:01:21,304 Princess wu Chang. Fifteen years old. 394 01:01:22,304 --> 01:01:24,556 The Princess di li, your majesty. 395 01:01:26,016 --> 01:01:27,976 And the Princess fung ying. 396 01:01:41,949 --> 01:01:44,202 Who is this? 397 01:01:44,327 --> 01:01:46,579 Princess wen hsiu. Twelve years old. 398 01:01:46,704 --> 01:01:48,789 She has got a funny face. 399 01:02:00,009 --> 01:02:03,596 Not just one wife. One empress and one secondary consort. 400 01:02:03,721 --> 01:02:04,806 Two wives? 401 01:02:04,931 --> 01:02:07,391 But who did you choose to be the empress? 402 01:02:07,516 --> 01:02:11,938 They chose her. She's very old, johnston. She's 17. 403 01:02:12,063 --> 01:02:14,315 That's not so old, your majesty. 404 01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:17,277 - What does she look like? - Old-fashioned. 405 01:02:17,402 --> 01:02:21,989 I want a modern wife, johnston, who speaks English and French. 406 01:02:24,449 --> 01:02:26,202 And who can dance the quickstep. 407 01:02:37,380 --> 01:02:39,215 Johnston. 408 01:02:42,175 --> 01:02:43,594 Sir. 409 01:02:43,719 --> 01:02:45,554 I'm going to escape, johnston. 410 01:02:45,679 --> 01:02:49,016 I've got a suitcase and a ticket to england. 411 01:02:49,141 --> 01:02:52,394 I am going to Oxford university. 412 01:02:52,519 --> 01:02:55,606 Your majesty, if you get married, 413 01:02:55,731 --> 01:02:58,483 you will become the master of your own house. 414 01:02:58,608 --> 01:03:02,697 A wedding might be a more practical way to escape. 415 01:03:36,938 --> 01:03:40,275 Why did you never get married, johnston? 416 01:03:51,036 --> 01:03:54,373 The secondary consort welcomes the empress. 417 01:03:54,498 --> 01:03:57,918 The empress greets the secondary consort. 418 01:04:09,054 --> 01:04:10,889 You do everything very well. 419 01:04:11,014 --> 01:04:14,184 Thank you. I rehearsed many times. 420 01:05:12,994 --> 01:05:15,496 What is his majesty thinking? 421 01:05:15,621 --> 01:05:21,543 I was thinking if I was a real emperor I would become the ruler of China now. 422 01:05:21,668 --> 01:05:25,338 And what would the emperor do if he could really rule? 423 01:05:25,465 --> 01:05:29,135 I would change everything, even the way we get married. 424 01:05:30,219 --> 01:05:32,804 Is the emperor against arranged marriages? 425 01:05:32,929 --> 01:05:36,934 It is humiliating not to choose whom you marry. 426 01:05:37,059 --> 01:05:40,228 Even I was not allowed to choose. 427 01:05:53,867 --> 01:05:57,871 In another year or two, his majesty will be taller than me. 428 01:05:59,123 --> 01:06:01,791 Is it true the emperor has a suitcase under his bed 429 01:06:01,918 --> 01:06:03,920 and is going to Oxford? 430 01:06:05,420 --> 01:06:08,257 Will the emperor take wan jung with him? 431 01:06:09,467 --> 01:06:13,721 Perhaps he would like to see my face before he decides. 432 01:06:14,804 --> 01:06:19,309 Yes. The emperor would like to see the face of the empress. 433 01:06:24,940 --> 01:06:27,943 It is the emperor who must remove the kait'ou. 434 01:07:28,878 --> 01:07:32,132 I also had a tutor, like mr johnston. 435 01:07:34,969 --> 01:07:36,469 Miss windsor. 436 01:07:39,931 --> 01:07:41,766 She's American. 437 01:08:08,668 --> 01:08:12,505 Miss windsor taught me how to do the dance of the quickstep. 438 01:08:14,425 --> 01:08:17,177 Does the emperor know how to do the quickstep? 439 01:08:18,386 --> 01:08:20,389 Will you teach me? 440 01:09:13,067 --> 01:09:15,319 Leave us. Leave us. 441 01:09:34,755 --> 01:09:38,426 If your majesty thinks it is old-fashioned 442 01:09:38,551 --> 01:09:42,304 to make the rain and the wind with a stranger 443 01:09:42,430 --> 01:09:45,140 we can be like a modern couple to begin with. 444 01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:47,059 A modern couple? 445 01:09:49,729 --> 01:09:53,064 - Good night. - Good night. 446 01:10:01,157 --> 01:10:03,658 You must come to Oxford with me. 447 01:10:11,207 --> 01:10:12,710 I like him. 448 01:10:13,502 --> 01:10:16,963 I am sure I am going to like him. 449 01:10:17,088 --> 01:10:18,923 And he will grow up. 450 01:10:22,136 --> 01:10:23,970 Eyes down! 451 01:10:30,810 --> 01:10:32,645 Report your arrival. 452 01:10:32,771 --> 01:10:35,440 - Prisoner 981 reporting. - Louder! 453 01:10:35,565 --> 01:10:38,402 Prisoner 981 reporting. 454 01:10:38,527 --> 01:10:40,529 Open the door. 455 01:10:46,284 --> 01:10:48,119 Close the door. 456 01:10:49,913 --> 01:10:51,332 Sit down. 457 01:10:56,753 --> 01:10:59,798 Name. 458 01:10:59,923 --> 01:11:01,675 Aisin-gioro pu yi. 459 01:11:01,801 --> 01:11:03,301 Write it. 460 01:11:23,404 --> 01:11:24,907 Now then. 461 01:11:25,490 --> 01:11:28,493 There are two types of confession. 462 01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:32,163 We call them toothpaste and water tap. 463 01:11:33,332 --> 01:11:37,461 The toothpaste prisoner needs to be squeezed every now and then 464 01:11:37,586 --> 01:11:40,588 or else he forgets to keep confessing. 465 01:11:41,506 --> 01:11:46,511 The water tap man needs one good, hard twist before he starts, 466 01:11:46,636 --> 01:11:49,180 but then everything comes out. 467 01:11:49,305 --> 01:11:52,141 Now, you're an intelligent person. 468 01:11:53,435 --> 01:11:55,604 I'm sure you understand me. 469 01:11:56,729 --> 01:11:58,314 Good. 470 01:11:58,439 --> 01:12:00,275 Then we'll begin. 471 01:12:01,569 --> 01:12:04,238 Why do you think you're in here, 981? 472 01:12:04,363 --> 01:12:10,368 I am accused of being a traitor, a collaborator and a counter-revolutionary. 473 01:12:10,493 --> 01:12:11,996 It is not an accusation! 474 01:12:12,121 --> 01:12:16,750 You are a traitor, you are a collaborator, and you are a counter-revolutionary! 475 01:12:23,631 --> 01:12:26,217 Did you write this? 476 01:12:26,342 --> 01:12:28,345 And you call it a confession? 477 01:12:28,470 --> 01:12:32,474 This is nothing but a list of dates. A child's fairy-tale. 478 01:12:43,610 --> 01:12:45,112 What do you want me to confess? 479 01:12:45,237 --> 01:12:48,407 You know what you did and what others did. 480 01:12:48,532 --> 01:12:50,826 So why don't you volunteer the information? 481 01:12:50,951 --> 01:12:52,578 I do not understand. 482 01:12:52,703 --> 01:12:55,456 We don't tell people what to confess. 483 01:12:55,581 --> 01:12:57,582 We already know everything about you. 484 01:13:10,220 --> 01:13:11,305 Go on. 485 01:13:11,430 --> 01:13:13,765 I wanted reforms. 486 01:13:13,890 --> 01:13:16,560 What did you want to reform? 487 01:13:17,394 --> 01:13:18,436 Everything. 488 01:13:21,356 --> 01:13:22,524 Cut off my queue. 489 01:13:22,649 --> 01:13:25,152 Your majesty. Please. 490 01:14:01,521 --> 01:14:02,939 It is heavy. 491 01:14:03,064 --> 01:14:08,654 The emperor before me was murdered because he wanted to reform the empire. 492 01:14:08,779 --> 01:14:10,322 Is that not so, mr johnston? 493 01:14:10,447 --> 01:14:13,449 Yes, your majesty. Probably. 494 01:14:14,326 --> 01:14:19,456 Well... let us see if they will kill me for reforming the forbidden city. 495 01:14:19,581 --> 01:14:21,958 Lord Chamberlain. 496 01:14:22,083 --> 01:14:26,630 I am appointing mr johnston's friend, the poet and scholar chen hsiao hsiu, 497 01:14:26,755 --> 01:14:29,091 to be the new lord Chamberlain. 498 01:14:29,216 --> 01:14:33,845 I want him to supervise a detailed inventory of the imperial storerooms 499 01:14:34,430 --> 01:14:38,350 so that we can learn exactly how much has been stolen. 500 01:14:48,777 --> 01:14:53,282 'The forbidden city had become a theatre without an audience. 501 01:14:53,407 --> 01:14:58,162 'So why did the actors remain on the stage? 502 01:14:58,287 --> 01:15:02,082 'It was only to steal the scenery, piece by piece.' 503 01:15:15,887 --> 01:15:19,307 Can I sleep here? I am frightened. 504 01:15:37,201 --> 01:15:39,453 You're brave. 505 01:15:39,578 --> 01:15:42,331 Are you not frightened? 506 01:15:42,456 --> 01:15:43,623 I am excited. 507 01:15:43,748 --> 01:15:45,958 I do not want to escape anymore. 508 01:15:47,043 --> 01:15:49,128 I want to rule. 509 01:15:52,048 --> 01:15:53,216 Kiss me. 510 01:16:25,666 --> 01:16:28,167 Can I stay with you as well? 511 01:16:30,128 --> 01:16:32,296 Get in. Get in. 512 01:16:52,900 --> 01:16:55,904 I used to play a game with the eunuchs. 513 01:16:59,073 --> 01:17:02,411 Trying to guess who is who. 514 01:17:04,037 --> 01:17:06,122 Now I cannot see you! 515 01:17:14,756 --> 01:17:16,757 Wan jung? 516 01:17:16,884 --> 01:17:18,969 Wen hsiu? 517 01:17:21,680 --> 01:17:23,515 Come underneath the sheet with us. 518 01:19:09,162 --> 01:19:12,916 Your majesty! The storeroom's on fire, your majesty! 519 01:19:28,556 --> 01:19:30,391 'The fire was a terrible disaster 520 01:19:30,516 --> 01:19:32,685 'and I knew the eunuchs had started it 521 01:19:32,810 --> 01:19:35,771 'to stop me from knowing what they had stolen. 522 01:19:35,896 --> 01:19:39,568 'There had been eunuchs in the forbidden city for 800 years. 523 01:19:39,693 --> 01:19:42,362 'There were still more than a thousand of them. 524 01:19:42,487 --> 01:19:44,823 'I decided to expel them all. 525 01:19:44,948 --> 01:19:48,368 'I had to ask for republican troops to help me.' 526 01:20:52,265 --> 01:20:53,516 What are they carrying? 527 01:20:55,143 --> 01:20:56,395 Their organs. 528 01:20:57,229 --> 01:20:58,939 Whatever their crimes, 529 01:20:59,064 --> 01:21:03,234 they cannot be deprived of the right to be buried as whole men. 530 01:21:59,248 --> 01:22:00,667 Well? 531 01:22:06,088 --> 01:22:08,007 I forgot what I was saying. 532 01:22:08,132 --> 01:22:09,885 You're wasting our time! 533 01:22:10,010 --> 01:22:12,095 We want to know about the Japanese. 534 01:22:13,846 --> 01:22:16,182 How did your friendship with the Japanese begin? 535 01:22:16,307 --> 01:22:18,560 Who introduced you? When? 536 01:22:21,229 --> 01:22:23,148 It think was... 537 01:22:23,731 --> 01:22:25,233 It was 1924. 538 01:22:25,984 --> 01:22:29,738 Parliament had been dissolved again. The president had fled. 539 01:22:29,863 --> 01:22:34,158 At first, I thought it was just another coup d'état 540 01:22:34,283 --> 01:22:36,786 by just another warlord. 541 01:22:38,287 --> 01:22:41,041 Only this time it was different. 542 01:22:42,042 --> 01:22:44,336 This time it was my turn. 543 01:22:46,212 --> 01:22:48,797 Fifteen-love. 544 01:23:09,069 --> 01:23:10,904 Play. 545 01:23:18,369 --> 01:23:20,538 30-15. 546 01:23:51,819 --> 01:23:55,323 The rotten government of the republic is in flight. 547 01:23:55,448 --> 01:23:57,449 Now we shall remove the foreign stench 548 01:23:57,576 --> 01:24:01,037 of the manchurian rats who still hide in the forbidden city. 549 01:24:11,590 --> 01:24:16,011 "Mr pu yi and his family have been given one hour 550 01:24:16,136 --> 01:24:18,721 "to leave the forbidden city. 551 01:24:19,972 --> 01:24:22,891 "They will be escorted to the home of his father 552 01:24:23,018 --> 01:24:27,521 "and remain there under guard as state prisoners 553 01:24:27,646 --> 01:24:30,149 "until further notice." 554 01:24:35,947 --> 01:24:38,115 What are you all looking at? 555 01:24:38,240 --> 01:24:40,076 What are you standing there for? 556 01:24:40,201 --> 01:24:42,369 You always wanted to leave the forbidden city. 557 01:24:42,494 --> 01:24:45,582 Now you've got an hour to pack. So go! 558 01:25:01,139 --> 01:25:03,725 I always thought I hated it here. 559 01:25:04,893 --> 01:25:07,270 Now I'm afraid to leave. 560 01:25:07,395 --> 01:25:08,635 Do you think they will kill me? 561 01:25:08,729 --> 01:25:13,275 You must do as they say, your majesty, while I try to reach the British embassy. 562 01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:15,487 They will give you asylum there. 563 01:25:16,904 --> 01:25:18,739 I'm sure they will. 564 01:25:19,490 --> 01:25:23,787 Chang, take my car to the south gate. I want you to drive his majesty. 565 01:26:24,305 --> 01:26:25,640 Your majesty! 566 01:27:14,314 --> 01:27:16,983 - Please, your majesty. - What? 567 01:28:04,072 --> 01:28:07,492 But you didn't go to the British embassy, did you? 568 01:28:07,617 --> 01:28:09,618 You ended up at the Japanese embassy. 569 01:28:09,743 --> 01:28:12,497 The Japanese were the only people prepared to help me. 570 01:28:12,622 --> 01:28:14,457 Help you for nothing? 571 01:28:16,501 --> 01:28:20,337 Japan has an emperor. We are almost the same age. 572 01:28:20,462 --> 01:28:22,881 I thought it was kindness. 573 01:28:23,675 --> 01:28:28,095 At the same time I realised that, for many Chinese, I was an alien 574 01:28:28,220 --> 01:28:31,474 simply because I am manchurian. 575 01:28:31,599 --> 01:28:36,688 There was even an anti-manchurian league who wanted to assassinate me. 576 01:28:36,813 --> 01:28:40,065 So I went to live in tientsin. 577 01:28:41,484 --> 01:28:46,405 It was a nice, provincial town with a big port. 578 01:28:46,530 --> 01:28:50,284 In those days they had a large international settlement. 579 01:28:50,409 --> 01:28:53,162 The Japanese thought it would be safer for me there. 580 01:28:53,287 --> 01:28:55,914 Were the Japanese paying for you in tientsin? 581 01:28:56,039 --> 01:28:57,876 Oh, no. 582 01:28:58,001 --> 01:29:01,337 I had to rent a villa, the villa Chang. 583 01:29:01,462 --> 01:29:03,797 And it was very expensive. 584 01:29:03,922 --> 01:29:06,842 So were the bodyguards. 585 01:29:06,967 --> 01:29:09,470 I spent a lot of money in tientsin. 586 01:29:09,595 --> 01:29:13,682 Did you still believe in a restoration of the imperial system? 587 01:29:13,807 --> 01:29:17,311 Others did. The little court in exile. 588 01:29:18,479 --> 01:29:22,149 I cannot remember how much Jade and jewellery they made me spend 589 01:29:22,274 --> 01:29:27,029 to buy the friendship of some warlord or some white Russian general. 590 01:29:27,154 --> 01:29:28,948 And what else did you spend your money on? 591 01:29:29,073 --> 01:29:33,912 Oh, I was never tired of buying pianos, watches, radios. 592 01:29:34,037 --> 01:29:36,122 As long as they were foreign. 593 01:29:36,247 --> 01:29:37,916 Of course. 594 01:29:38,041 --> 01:29:40,376 Anything western was good. 595 01:29:40,501 --> 01:29:44,631 Especially wrigley's chewing gum, bayer aspirin, and cars. 596 01:29:44,756 --> 01:29:47,007 While you were in tientsin, 597 01:29:47,132 --> 01:29:50,970 most of China came under the control of general chiang Kai shek, 598 01:29:51,095 --> 01:29:55,515 the so-called nationalists, the kuomintang. 599 01:29:55,641 --> 01:29:58,978 - What were your relations with them? - None. 600 01:30:00,939 --> 01:30:03,358 I felt useless in tientsin. 601 01:30:04,233 --> 01:30:06,152 I was 21. 602 01:30:06,944 --> 01:30:09,780 I dreamt of going to the west. 603 01:30:10,864 --> 01:30:12,115 I became a playboy. 604 01:30:13,368 --> 01:30:16,453 J“ am I blue? 605 01:30:16,578 --> 01:30:18,997 J“ am I blue? 606 01:30:19,666 --> 01:30:22,835 J“ ain't these tears in my eyes? 607 01:30:22,961 --> 01:30:25,380 J“ telling you 608 01:30:26,672 --> 01:30:29,007 j“ am I blue? 609 01:30:29,132 --> 01:30:31,927 J“ you'd be too 610 01:30:32,052 --> 01:30:35,139 j“ if each plan with your girl 611 01:30:35,264 --> 01:30:37,850 j“ done fell through 612 01:30:38,976 --> 01:30:41,229 j“ was a time 613 01:30:41,354 --> 01:30:44,856 j“ I was her only one 614 01:30:45,483 --> 01:30:47,402 j“ but now 615 01:30:47,527 --> 01:30:51,698 j“ I'm the sad and lonely one 616 01:30:58,662 --> 01:31:02,582 J“ now she's gone and we're through 617 01:31:02,708 --> 01:31:06,712 j“ lord, I'm blue j“ 618 01:31:08,088 --> 01:31:09,256 Very good! 619 01:31:19,057 --> 01:31:20,893 Well done! 620 01:31:56,679 --> 01:31:59,097 That's a great ship if you're going first class. 621 01:32:02,435 --> 01:32:04,561 I am not going anywhere. 622 01:32:08,983 --> 01:32:10,984 Would you like to dance? 623 01:32:19,952 --> 01:32:23,456 You are a brave man. Nobody here would have danced with me. 624 01:32:23,581 --> 01:32:25,416 Why is that? 625 01:32:26,501 --> 01:32:28,252 Because I'm Chinese. 626 01:32:28,377 --> 01:32:30,630 Well, I'm American. 627 01:32:41,640 --> 01:32:44,726 You say California. I say French riviera. 628 01:32:44,851 --> 01:32:46,604 San Francisco! 629 01:32:46,729 --> 01:32:48,480 Monte Carlo! 630 01:32:49,231 --> 01:32:51,567 Are we really going this time? 631 01:33:01,034 --> 01:33:02,453 Who's that couple? 632 01:33:02,578 --> 01:33:05,413 Oh, Henry and Elizabeth. 633 01:33:06,248 --> 01:33:07,750 The emperor of China? 634 01:33:07,875 --> 01:33:10,377 The ex-emperor and his wife. 635 01:33:12,130 --> 01:33:15,550 - She's beautiful. - Yes, very. 636 01:33:15,675 --> 01:33:17,260 And who are you? 637 01:33:17,385 --> 01:33:20,805 - I am his highness's other wife. - His other wife? 638 01:33:20,930 --> 01:33:22,765 Number two wife. 639 01:33:23,640 --> 01:33:25,893 Well, some people have all the luck. 640 01:33:42,284 --> 01:33:43,886 Ladies and gentlemen! 641 01:33:47,456 --> 01:33:51,877 General chiang Kai shek has taken Shanghai. 642 01:33:52,002 --> 01:33:55,256 The kuomintang have broken with the reds 643 01:33:55,381 --> 01:33:56,966 and have knocked them for six! 644 01:33:57,091 --> 01:33:59,926 The reds are finished! 645 01:34:05,557 --> 01:34:08,560 Sorry about the reception, everyone. We'll get it fixed in a minute. 646 01:34:08,685 --> 01:34:12,523 It would be wiser to return to the Japanese delegation now, your majesty. 647 01:34:12,648 --> 01:34:16,068 - Your car is waiting. - Thank you, mr amakasu. 648 01:34:16,903 --> 01:34:18,738 Here we go. 649 01:34:29,457 --> 01:34:33,711 'The general strike in Shanghai has collapsed. 650 01:34:33,836 --> 01:34:37,547 'The international settlement is safe. 651 01:34:37,672 --> 01:34:42,011 'Troops of the kuomintang are now in full control of the city 652 01:34:42,136 --> 01:34:47,390 'and firm steps are being taken to restore order in the native areas.' 653 01:34:57,234 --> 01:35:00,529 Wen hsiu, you want some gum? 654 01:35:04,115 --> 01:35:06,368 I want a divorce. 655 01:35:12,375 --> 01:35:14,877 I do not want to be your mistress any longer. 656 01:35:15,627 --> 01:35:17,880 I thought you were my secondary consort. 657 01:35:18,005 --> 01:35:22,385 In the forbidden city, you were the emperor and I was your secondary consort. 658 01:35:23,469 --> 01:35:26,221 But now you are Henry pu yi. 659 01:35:26,346 --> 01:35:29,516 Wan Yung is your wife, Elizabeth. 660 01:35:30,935 --> 01:35:32,185 And who am I? 661 01:35:34,396 --> 01:35:37,190 I'm nobody. 662 01:35:46,242 --> 01:35:49,578 I did not know you were so unhappy. 663 01:35:53,916 --> 01:35:56,836 You can only have one wife in the west. 664 01:36:02,341 --> 01:36:04,342 I want a divorce. 665 01:36:04,467 --> 01:36:06,470 No one can divorce me. 666 01:36:31,078 --> 01:36:33,331 I want a divorce! 667 01:37:08,573 --> 01:37:10,408 Your ladyship! 668 01:37:12,369 --> 01:37:13,537 Your ladyship! 669 01:37:20,002 --> 01:37:21,587 Thank you. 670 01:37:36,268 --> 01:37:38,270 I do not need it! 671 01:37:42,440 --> 01:37:44,443 I do not need it. 672 01:38:14,305 --> 01:38:15,975 Wen hsiu. 673 01:38:26,777 --> 01:38:29,697 Elizabeth, can I come in? 674 01:38:29,822 --> 01:38:31,907 Don't you remember me? 675 01:38:32,032 --> 01:38:35,202 I'm dressed like a pilot, but I still can't fly. Not yet. 676 01:38:35,327 --> 01:38:38,831 Eastern Jewel! We had dancing classes together. 677 01:38:38,956 --> 01:38:40,791 Yes, just before your marriage. 678 01:38:40,916 --> 01:38:44,752 You silly girl. Why do people want to get married? 679 01:38:44,878 --> 01:38:46,713 Wen hsiu is gone. 680 01:38:47,797 --> 01:38:49,632 She will never come back. 681 01:38:49,757 --> 01:38:52,511 Is that so bad? 682 01:38:52,636 --> 01:38:54,971 She was my only friend. 683 01:38:55,972 --> 01:38:59,393 Well, at least now you've got your husband all to yourself. 684 01:39:01,270 --> 01:39:03,104 And you've got me! 685 01:39:04,689 --> 01:39:06,524 I'll be your friend. 686 01:39:07,359 --> 01:39:09,194 - You smoke opium? - Be wicked. 687 01:39:09,319 --> 01:39:11,738 It's the best in Shanghai. 688 01:39:13,032 --> 01:39:14,867 Why are you going to Europe? 689 01:39:14,992 --> 01:39:18,662 The place to go is Japan. It's more fun than anywhere. 690 01:39:19,787 --> 01:39:21,457 It's modern. 691 01:39:22,582 --> 01:39:26,420 How do you know we are going to Europe? It is a secret. 692 01:39:26,545 --> 01:39:28,713 Oh, I know everything. 693 01:39:28,838 --> 01:39:32,885 I know chiang Kai shek has got false teeth. 694 01:39:33,010 --> 01:39:36,346 I even know his nickname. Cash my cheque! 695 01:39:39,725 --> 01:39:41,726 I'm a spy... 696 01:39:42,685 --> 01:39:44,521 And I don't care who knows it. 697 01:39:44,646 --> 01:39:45,773 A spy? 698 01:39:45,898 --> 01:39:48,399 I work for the Japanese special service bureau. 699 01:39:48,525 --> 01:39:50,528 And I've come to protect you. 700 01:39:52,070 --> 01:39:53,905 The Japanese... 701 01:39:54,823 --> 01:39:58,661 They are getting closer to him every day. 702 01:39:58,786 --> 01:40:03,039 He is sending his brother to the military academy in Tokyo. 703 01:40:03,164 --> 01:40:06,585 They talk to him about manchuria all the time. 704 01:40:07,627 --> 01:40:10,797 And mr amakasu never says hello to me. 705 01:40:10,922 --> 01:40:12,675 I do not trust the Japanese. 706 01:40:24,353 --> 01:40:27,105 Of course, I'd love to be the emperor's new secondary consort. 707 01:40:27,230 --> 01:40:30,984 - Eastern Jewel. - If the post is available. 708 01:40:49,295 --> 01:40:52,297 The post is vacant, my dear cousin. 709 01:40:54,173 --> 01:40:57,011 But you do not fit the part. 710 01:40:59,555 --> 01:41:02,557 Wen hsiu left the dog behind. Do you want it? 711 01:41:04,643 --> 01:41:06,811 It is my fault. 712 01:41:06,936 --> 01:41:09,105 It is all my fault. 713 01:41:41,555 --> 01:41:46,268 I came to see you, your majesty... To give you bad news. 714 01:41:47,478 --> 01:41:49,646 Something terrible has happened. 715 01:41:55,694 --> 01:41:58,279 The imperial tombs of our manchurian ancestors 716 01:41:58,404 --> 01:42:01,240 have been attacked and robbed 717 01:42:02,033 --> 01:42:04,369 by troops of the kuomintang. 718 01:42:04,494 --> 01:42:06,329 Chinese soldiers. 719 01:42:06,954 --> 01:42:09,166 A warlord working for chiang Kai shek. 720 01:42:13,045 --> 01:42:18,050 The body of the empress dowager... Was hacked to pieces. 721 01:42:20,551 --> 01:42:22,805 Her Pearl necklace has become a wedding present 722 01:42:22,930 --> 01:42:26,432 from chiang Kai shek to his new wife. 723 01:42:48,747 --> 01:42:51,917 Tell me, 981, do you consider yourself to be Chinese? 724 01:42:52,042 --> 01:42:53,127 Of course. 725 01:42:53,252 --> 01:42:55,503 - What is this? - Japan. 726 01:42:55,628 --> 01:42:58,297 - And what do you call this part of China? - The northeast. 727 01:42:58,423 --> 01:43:01,760 - And what did you call it as a child? - Manchuria. 728 01:43:01,885 --> 01:43:05,805 Japan invaded manchuria on September 18th, 1931, 729 01:43:05,930 --> 01:43:08,766 and began to set up a puppet state called manchukuo. 730 01:43:08,891 --> 01:43:13,396 Shortly afterwards, a Japanese delegation paid you a secret visit in tientsin 731 01:43:13,521 --> 01:43:15,023 to request your collaboration. 732 01:43:15,149 --> 01:43:18,152 Would you say you refused? Speak up! 733 01:43:18,735 --> 01:43:21,070 I already told you. I have told you a hundred times. 734 01:43:21,195 --> 01:43:23,073 Tell us again. Tell us 200 times. 735 01:43:23,198 --> 01:43:25,074 I refused to collaborate. 736 01:43:25,199 --> 01:43:26,868 You say you refused. 737 01:43:26,993 --> 01:43:32,457 But a month later, on November 10th, 1931, there you are arriving in manchuria. 738 01:43:32,582 --> 01:43:34,752 Or should I call it manchukuo? 739 01:43:34,877 --> 01:43:38,296 Now, according to this so-called confession of yours, 740 01:43:38,421 --> 01:43:40,090 you didn't go of your own free will. 741 01:43:40,215 --> 01:43:42,676 You insist that you were kidnapped by the Japanese! 742 01:43:42,801 --> 01:43:45,052 - Yes. - And taken to manchuria by force. 743 01:43:45,179 --> 01:43:46,721 - Yes! - Sit down. 744 01:43:50,559 --> 01:43:54,563 Do you remember a man called Reginald Fleming johnston? 745 01:43:55,855 --> 01:43:58,274 He was your tutor. 746 01:43:58,399 --> 01:43:59,818 Yes. 747 01:44:00,402 --> 01:44:03,238 And a good friend, I believe. 748 01:44:04,698 --> 01:44:10,537 After 28 years in China, mr johnston returned to england. 749 01:44:10,662 --> 01:44:15,458 He became a professor of oriental studies at London university 750 01:44:15,583 --> 01:44:18,878 and he wrote a book. 751 01:44:19,003 --> 01:44:22,006 It is called "twilight in the forbidden city" 752 01:44:22,131 --> 01:44:24,676 and it is dedicated to you. 753 01:44:53,372 --> 01:44:55,457 I am going to miss you, johnston. 754 01:44:55,582 --> 01:44:58,001 I shall miss you, your majesty. 755 01:45:01,755 --> 01:45:06,635 Do you think a man can become emperor again? 756 01:45:06,760 --> 01:45:07,845 Yes. 757 01:45:26,654 --> 01:45:28,823 Thank you, your majesty. 758 01:45:30,826 --> 01:45:34,662 All passengers aboard! 759 01:45:34,787 --> 01:45:36,998 How can we say goodbye? 760 01:45:38,542 --> 01:45:40,793 As we said hello. 761 01:45:52,805 --> 01:45:55,057 Farewell, mr johnston. 762 01:45:55,182 --> 01:45:57,435 Farewell, your majesty. 763 01:46:03,817 --> 01:46:07,320 All aboard! All aboard! 764 01:46:07,445 --> 01:46:09,030 Thank you. 765 01:46:09,155 --> 01:46:10,823 Thank you. 766 01:46:12,533 --> 01:46:14,786 - All aboard! - All aboard! 767 01:46:18,539 --> 01:46:21,542 All aboard now! 768 01:46:32,429 --> 01:46:34,765 All aboard! 769 01:46:44,774 --> 01:46:49,947 Goodbye, mr johnston! We'll never forget you, mr johnston! 770 01:46:50,072 --> 01:46:53,492 Goodbye! Mr johnston, goodbye! 771 01:46:53,617 --> 01:46:56,369 - Goodbye! - All aboard! 772 01:46:58,872 --> 01:47:05,503 On page 449, mr johnston writes, 773 01:47:05,628 --> 01:47:07,296 "the endeavour to make out 774 01:47:07,421 --> 01:47:11,176 "that the emperor had been kidnapped by the Japanese 775 01:47:11,301 --> 01:47:13,636 "is wholly untrue. 776 01:47:14,930 --> 01:47:18,766 "He left tientsin and went to manchuria of his own free will." 777 01:47:18,891 --> 01:47:22,395 - Johnston was a liar. - What did you say? 778 01:47:22,520 --> 01:47:27,317 Mr johnston had left before I was taken to manchuria. 779 01:47:27,442 --> 01:47:29,110 He could not have known what happened. 780 01:47:46,043 --> 01:47:48,046 Sit down. 781 01:47:54,927 --> 01:47:56,095 According to this account, 782 01:47:56,220 --> 01:47:59,306 you prepared the man's things on the morning of November 9th. 783 01:47:59,432 --> 01:48:01,600 Isn't it unusual for a man who is kidnapped 784 01:48:01,726 --> 01:48:04,938 to have his luggage packed by his valet the day before he is kidnapped? 785 01:48:05,063 --> 01:48:08,774 This is what you have written, isn't it? Who told you to pack this man's luggage? 786 01:48:12,404 --> 01:48:14,948 These two stories don't fit, do they? 787 01:48:16,908 --> 01:48:19,578 It was a long time ago. 788 01:48:19,703 --> 01:48:21,872 Perhaps I made a mistake. 789 01:48:21,997 --> 01:48:24,832 You are lying! You are both lying! 790 01:48:24,957 --> 01:48:26,460 Control yourself! 791 01:48:34,091 --> 01:48:37,595 You can still change your mind. 792 01:48:41,349 --> 01:48:45,854 I am the hereditary ruler of the manchurian people. 793 01:48:48,189 --> 01:48:52,027 There can be no manchukuo without me. 794 01:48:52,694 --> 01:48:56,448 Do you not see? The Japanese are using you. 795 01:48:57,364 --> 01:49:00,077 I must try to use them. 796 01:49:00,202 --> 01:49:03,829 The Japanese invasion of manchuria will be condemned by the league of nations 797 01:49:03,954 --> 01:49:05,957 and by every civilised country on earth. 798 01:49:06,082 --> 01:49:09,752 The Chinese republic has broken every promise it ever made to me. 799 01:49:09,877 --> 01:49:13,381 Chinese troops desecrated the tombs of my ancestors. 800 01:49:13,506 --> 01:49:16,676 And Chinese troops did not defend manchuria from the Japanese. 801 01:49:16,801 --> 01:49:19,637 But manchuria is still China! 802 01:49:19,762 --> 01:49:23,432 - China has turned its back on me. - Please, do not go. 803 01:49:23,557 --> 01:49:26,645 Manchuria is the richest frontier in Asia. 804 01:49:26,770 --> 01:49:29,439 Coal, oil, railways! 805 01:49:29,564 --> 01:49:32,984 Millions of Chinese immigrants are going there every year. 806 01:49:33,109 --> 01:49:34,610 I'm going to build my country. 807 01:49:35,237 --> 01:49:38,073 Johnston was wrong, but he wasn't a liar. 808 01:49:38,198 --> 01:49:40,449 There was no kidnapping. 809 01:49:40,574 --> 01:49:45,412 You went to manchuria by your own choice because you wanted to be emperor again! 810 01:50:01,637 --> 01:50:05,057 These might help you to remember the truth. 811 01:51:43,448 --> 01:51:45,283 To heaven. 812 01:51:51,872 --> 01:51:54,626 To earth. 813 01:51:55,417 --> 01:51:57,087 To the moon. 814 01:51:59,713 --> 01:52:01,548 To the sun. 815 01:52:19,234 --> 01:52:21,485 You're an empress again. 816 01:52:22,529 --> 01:52:24,948 What I'm going to be is a pilot. 817 01:52:25,073 --> 01:52:29,411 I'm going to train at a secret base near Yokohama to learn precision bombing. 818 01:52:30,662 --> 01:52:33,331 I want to bomb Shanghai. 819 01:52:34,416 --> 01:52:36,501 Bomb Shanghai? 820 01:52:36,626 --> 01:52:38,461 I hate China. 821 01:52:44,717 --> 01:52:46,552 I hate you. 822 01:54:06,841 --> 01:54:10,302 The Japanese army high command. Very impressive! 823 01:54:11,387 --> 01:54:14,224 The Japanese army! 824 01:54:23,942 --> 01:54:24,943 Quickly! 825 01:54:43,795 --> 01:54:45,796 On behalf of the emperor of Japan, 826 01:54:45,921 --> 01:54:50,676 the commander of the kwangtung army extends his warmest congratulations 827 01:54:50,801 --> 01:54:54,346 on the occasion of his majesty's coronation. 828 01:55:42,353 --> 01:55:45,023 Manchukuo will grow into a great nation. 829 01:55:45,148 --> 01:55:48,902 Japan will always be at her side to help her. 830 01:56:50,046 --> 01:56:52,673 Uh... may I introduce you? 831 01:56:52,798 --> 01:56:56,176 My wife, the Princess Hiro saga. 832 01:56:56,301 --> 01:56:58,387 Prime minister hsiao hsiu. 833 01:57:04,101 --> 01:57:06,854 The honourable Chang chinghui, minister of defence. 834 01:57:08,355 --> 01:57:11,067 The papal nuncio, monsignor colonna. 835 01:57:26,332 --> 01:57:30,168 The empress and I accept with great pleasure. 836 01:57:36,967 --> 01:57:38,802 Excuse me, general. 837 01:58:01,743 --> 01:58:05,162 Ah! And our mr amakasu. 838 01:58:05,287 --> 01:58:09,292 He's the new chief of the manchurian motion picture studios. 839 01:58:18,926 --> 01:58:22,095 Why do you have to spoil this day? 840 01:58:22,220 --> 01:58:23,972 Why? 841 01:58:25,807 --> 01:58:30,813 Mr amakasu is the most powerful man in manchukuo. 842 01:58:30,938 --> 01:58:33,440 What are you talking about? 843 01:58:34,149 --> 01:58:38,488 You did not believe I could be emperor again, but I am. 844 01:58:38,613 --> 01:58:40,864 You are blind. 845 01:58:50,500 --> 01:58:52,251 Do you know what it means to be an empress? 846 01:58:52,377 --> 01:58:54,127 You are an empress. 847 01:58:58,507 --> 01:59:00,635 Why do you not make love to me anymore? 848 01:59:00,760 --> 01:59:02,636 Because you have become an opium addict. 849 01:59:03,720 --> 01:59:07,725 Opium killed my mother. Opium destroyed China. 850 01:59:07,850 --> 01:59:10,520 You can buy opium anywhere in manchukuo. 851 01:59:10,645 --> 01:59:12,354 - Shut up. - In any shop. 852 01:59:12,479 --> 01:59:14,189 Shut up! 853 01:59:17,443 --> 01:59:19,612 Your brother is going to have a child. 854 01:59:22,614 --> 01:59:24,199 We must have a child. 855 01:59:25,868 --> 01:59:27,953 You must have an heir. 856 01:59:29,372 --> 01:59:33,292 Emperor hirohito has officially invited us to Japan. 857 01:59:34,793 --> 01:59:36,546 I'm going alone. 858 01:59:37,087 --> 01:59:38,422 You are staying here. 859 01:59:39,756 --> 01:59:41,676 I would never go to Japan. 860 01:59:41,801 --> 01:59:43,469 Then go to your room. 861 01:59:50,893 --> 01:59:53,645 Ten thousand years to his majesty the emperor! 862 01:59:55,605 --> 01:59:57,608 Ten thousand years! 863 01:59:57,734 --> 02:00:02,238 Ten thousand years to his majesty! 864 02:00:02,697 --> 02:00:04,782 Ten thousand years! 865 02:01:07,470 --> 02:01:10,472 I told you I hate you. 866 02:01:12,975 --> 02:01:16,061 Only because I give you what you need. 867 02:01:50,762 --> 02:01:52,265 Now we're engaged. 868 02:02:48,654 --> 02:02:51,407 - You forgot my tooth powder. - Oh. 869 02:02:51,532 --> 02:02:53,618 Yes, sir. 870 02:03:12,636 --> 02:03:14,220 Move him. 871 02:03:18,725 --> 02:03:21,020 981, collect your things. 872 02:03:30,988 --> 02:03:32,657 Upstairs! 873 02:03:37,161 --> 02:03:38,912 Stop. 874 02:03:47,003 --> 02:03:49,756 Your laces are undone. Do them up. 875 02:03:49,881 --> 02:03:53,051 Thursday, you serve lunch. Friday, you clean the toilet. 876 02:03:53,176 --> 02:03:55,345 Saturday, you sweep the floor. 877 02:04:23,289 --> 02:04:26,042 I have never been separated from my family. 878 02:04:26,167 --> 02:04:28,337 You'd better get used to it. 879 02:04:33,634 --> 02:04:35,720 You do not remember me, do you? 880 02:04:36,636 --> 02:04:39,347 I was the minister of trade in manchukuo. 881 02:04:44,103 --> 02:04:45,604 You were all in manchukuo. 882 02:04:47,605 --> 02:04:49,442 Now I am the cell leader. 883 02:04:49,567 --> 02:04:53,988 It is important to follow the rules here. No talking during study sessions. 884 02:05:47,500 --> 02:05:49,502 Where is your gun, captain? 885 02:05:49,627 --> 02:05:51,212 Where are their swords? 886 02:05:51,337 --> 02:05:53,838 Our weapons have been removed, your majesty, 887 02:05:53,963 --> 02:05:56,591 on the orders of colonel yoshioka. 888 02:05:56,716 --> 02:05:58,927 Colonel yoshioka? 889 02:06:00,386 --> 02:06:01,555 Colonel yoshioka. 890 02:06:02,555 --> 02:06:06,185 What has happened here? Why has my guard been disarmed? 891 02:06:06,310 --> 02:06:09,063 Yes, it is very unfortunate, your majesty. 892 02:06:09,188 --> 02:06:11,774 There have been many changes while you were in Tokyo. 893 02:06:12,440 --> 02:06:15,528 Your majesty, may I present masaomi kobayakawa, 894 02:06:15,653 --> 02:06:19,405 the new Japanese ambassador to manchukuo. 895 02:06:45,515 --> 02:06:48,601 Why is prime minister hsiao hsiu not here to receive me? 896 02:06:48,726 --> 02:06:52,064 The prime minister has resigned, your majesty. 897 02:06:52,189 --> 02:06:54,608 His son has been assassinated. 898 02:06:54,733 --> 02:06:56,484 Assassinated? 899 02:06:56,609 --> 02:06:59,779 By communist bandits, your majesty. 900 02:07:06,328 --> 02:07:08,329 I must see him at once. 901 02:07:08,454 --> 02:07:11,292 He refuses to see anyone, your majesty. 902 02:07:11,417 --> 02:07:15,753 He has gone to a monastery far away. 903 02:07:23,511 --> 02:07:25,847 Who are you? 904 02:07:25,972 --> 02:07:30,728 Chang chinghui, your majesty, minister of defence. 905 02:07:32,313 --> 02:07:33,730 Yes. 906 02:07:35,983 --> 02:07:37,484 Of course. 907 02:07:39,778 --> 02:07:43,032 The council meeting will be at four o'clock, your majesty, 908 02:07:43,157 --> 02:07:45,492 before the state dinner. 909 02:07:56,252 --> 02:07:59,590 "The emperor has been asked to sign the following. 910 02:08:00,882 --> 02:08:02,635 "After careful consideration, 911 02:08:02,760 --> 02:08:06,430 "we have decided to nominate the honourable Chang chinghui 912 02:08:06,555 --> 02:08:09,850 "as the new prime minister of manchukuo." 913 02:08:17,524 --> 02:08:19,902 Today, on our return from Japan, 914 02:08:20,027 --> 02:08:23,613 we wish to speak of something more important, 915 02:08:23,738 --> 02:08:27,076 the future of our friendship with Japan. 916 02:08:28,159 --> 02:08:31,497 This is based on mutual respect. 917 02:08:31,622 --> 02:08:35,333 And respect means equality and independence. 918 02:08:36,252 --> 02:08:40,881 When the two emperors stood together and saluted the two national flags, 919 02:08:41,006 --> 02:08:44,176 they recognised that manchukuo had come of age. 920 02:08:44,301 --> 02:08:47,680 Manchukuo is not a colony. Manchukuo is manchuria. 921 02:08:51,641 --> 02:08:54,228 The relationship between our two countries 922 02:08:54,353 --> 02:08:56,939 is like the relationship between its two emperors. 923 02:08:57,064 --> 02:08:59,440 It is rooted in fraternal trust, 924 02:09:01,568 --> 02:09:05,738 in the desire to preserve our ancient traditions, 925 02:09:05,863 --> 02:09:09,618 and in a mutual respect for our national identities! 926 02:09:11,036 --> 02:09:13,454 Already we have welcomed the ambassadors 927 02:09:13,579 --> 02:09:17,417 of El Salvador, Costa Rica, the Vatican. 928 02:09:19,962 --> 02:09:23,465 Soon, I'm... I'm sure the other countries will follow. 929 02:09:42,568 --> 02:09:44,610 I'm going to have a child. 930 02:09:49,073 --> 02:09:50,826 The father is manchurian. 931 02:09:56,707 --> 02:09:58,958 Colonel yoshioka and mr amakasu. 932 02:09:59,083 --> 02:10:00,336 I did it for you. 933 02:10:23,024 --> 02:10:26,362 His majesty forgot to sign the appointment of the new prime minister, 934 02:10:26,487 --> 02:10:28,905 mr Chang chinghui. 935 02:10:30,908 --> 02:10:33,118 I did not forget. 936 02:10:38,832 --> 02:10:43,252 When an englishman robs someone, your majesty, he becomes a gentleman. 937 02:10:43,378 --> 02:10:46,381 If he robs a lot, he becomes a knight. 938 02:10:47,216 --> 02:10:51,470 Do you imagine the British run their empire as a charity? 939 02:10:51,595 --> 02:10:56,182 If India has paid for the cost of its own occupation 940 02:10:56,307 --> 02:10:58,726 so must manchukuo! 941 02:11:12,740 --> 02:11:15,993 We hope manchukuo will have an heir. 942 02:11:18,704 --> 02:11:20,748 The empress is expecting a child. 943 02:11:20,873 --> 02:11:24,377 Yes, your majesty. We are aware of the situation. 944 02:11:30,634 --> 02:11:33,052 This is the name of the father. 945 02:11:42,395 --> 02:11:45,899 His name is Chang. He is your driver. 946 02:12:05,502 --> 02:12:08,212 All the necessary facts have been recorded. 947 02:12:08,337 --> 02:12:10,423 The man will be punished. 948 02:12:11,091 --> 02:12:14,344 The emperor cannot allow his honour to be stained. 949 02:12:31,569 --> 02:12:35,740 The Japanese are the only divine race on earth. 950 02:12:35,865 --> 02:12:40,621 We will take China, Hong Kong, indochina, 951 02:12:40,746 --> 02:12:42,997 siam, Malaya, 952 02:12:43,122 --> 02:12:46,126 Singapore and India! 953 02:12:46,251 --> 02:12:49,253 Asia belongs to us! 954 02:13:20,077 --> 02:13:23,162 There have been complaints from your cell mates. 955 02:13:23,287 --> 02:13:27,292 You must learn how to urinate at night without waking them all up. 956 02:13:29,461 --> 02:13:34,298 The way to do it is to urinate against the side of the bucket, 957 02:13:34,423 --> 02:13:36,842 not into the middle. 958 02:13:36,969 --> 02:13:38,554 Yes, comrade. 959 02:13:52,859 --> 02:13:56,113 You still think I am your servant, don't you? 960 02:14:18,594 --> 02:14:21,012 You are all pretending. 961 02:14:21,137 --> 02:14:23,556 You are just pretending you have changed. 962 02:14:23,681 --> 02:14:26,018 Shut up! The party teaches us to be new men 963 02:14:26,143 --> 02:14:27,728 while working for a new China! 964 02:14:28,478 --> 02:14:30,521 You worked in amakasu's private office. 965 02:14:30,646 --> 02:14:34,609 You are still the same people. People do not change. 966 02:14:34,734 --> 02:14:36,903 Guard! Guard! 967 02:14:43,409 --> 02:14:44,911 Guard! 968 02:14:45,037 --> 02:14:47,622 - I let it happen. - Guard! 969 02:14:48,414 --> 02:14:51,251 - Guard! - I let it happen. 970 02:15:02,345 --> 02:15:04,180 Oh! 971 02:15:27,578 --> 02:15:29,831 The second edict, your majesty. 972 02:15:29,956 --> 02:15:33,627 Japanese will be the official language in manchukuo schools. 973 02:15:46,890 --> 02:15:47,974 Your majesty! 974 02:15:53,063 --> 02:15:54,730 The baby was born dead, your majesty. 975 02:15:55,899 --> 02:15:57,067 How is the empress? 976 02:15:57,192 --> 02:16:00,112 It will be better if she goes to a clinic. Somewhere warm. 977 02:16:04,032 --> 02:16:05,617 She's already left, your majesty. 978 02:16:58,628 --> 02:17:00,463 Open the door. 979 02:18:00,606 --> 02:18:03,360 'With manchukuo now firmly in their grasp, 980 02:18:03,485 --> 02:18:07,072 'the Japanese soon controlled most of north China. 981 02:18:07,197 --> 02:18:10,658 'By 1937 they were ready to strike south 982 02:18:10,783 --> 02:18:12,786 'at the heart of the country. 983 02:18:13,577 --> 02:18:18,250 'The attack on Shanghai was one of the first civilian bombing raids in history. 984 02:18:19,291 --> 02:18:22,671 'It left thousands homeless, thousands dead. 985 02:18:28,676 --> 02:18:30,387 'Three months later, Japanese armies 986 02:18:30,512 --> 02:18:34,265 'were besieging the provisional capital at nanking 987 02:18:34,390 --> 02:18:38,102 'and when the city fell, the atrocities began. 988 02:18:39,813 --> 02:18:42,983 'Trying to terrorise the rest of China into surrender, 989 02:18:43,108 --> 02:18:46,528 'the Japanese high command ordered a massacre. 990 02:18:46,653 --> 02:18:51,575 'More than 200,000 civilians were systematically executed. 991 02:18:52,408 --> 02:18:54,661 'The world watched in horror, 992 02:18:54,786 --> 02:18:56,913 'but no help was given. 993 02:18:57,038 --> 02:19:00,333 'On December 7th, 1941, 994 02:19:00,458 --> 02:19:04,546 'Japan attacked the American fleet at Pearl harbour. 995 02:19:04,671 --> 02:19:06,630 'There was no warning. 996 02:19:07,716 --> 02:19:11,386 'Manchukuo, the Japanese bastion in north China, 997 02:19:11,511 --> 02:19:15,014 'was still ruled by the puppet emperor pu yi. 998 02:19:16,808 --> 02:19:19,310 'But behind the facade of triumph 999 02:19:19,435 --> 02:19:22,814 'was a country enslaved, 1000 02:19:22,939 --> 02:19:27,277 'a country where Japanese experiments in biological warfare 1001 02:19:27,402 --> 02:19:31,406 'were carried out on live human beings, 1002 02:19:31,948 --> 02:19:38,245 'a country where opium production became the easiest way to finance the war. 1003 02:19:38,370 --> 02:19:42,584 'Millions of people were deliberately turned into drug addicts. 1004 02:20:08,567 --> 02:20:15,325 'Nine days after the bomb at Hiroshima on August 15th, 1945, 1005 02:20:15,450 --> 02:20:19,287 'emperor hirohito announced the surrender of Japan. 1006 02:20:20,163 --> 02:20:24,501 'It was the first time his voice had ever been heard on radio.' 1007 02:21:09,461 --> 02:21:11,463 You must get to Tokyo, your majesty. 1008 02:21:11,588 --> 02:21:14,174 You must surrender to the Americans, not the Russians. 1009 02:21:14,299 --> 02:21:16,719 The communists will kill everyone. 1010 02:22:02,222 --> 02:22:04,726 The empress has returned. 1011 02:22:12,108 --> 02:22:14,443 Majesty, please. 1012 02:22:19,656 --> 02:22:21,493 Your majesty! 1013 02:23:14,671 --> 02:23:17,506 Hurry! There is no room on the plane, your majesty! 1014 02:23:17,631 --> 02:23:21,010 The women are not in danger. We must hurry! 1015 02:24:17,441 --> 02:24:20,861 Your majesty! Your majesty is leaving now! 1016 02:24:58,273 --> 02:24:59,942 The Russians! 1017 02:25:38,605 --> 02:25:43,111 Perhaps you think we are here to teach men to lie in a new way. 1018 02:25:43,236 --> 02:25:46,488 Why did you sign every accusation made against you? 1019 02:25:46,613 --> 02:25:50,534 I didn't stop you from killing yourself to see you like this, 1020 02:25:51,786 --> 02:25:55,998 someone who signs anything to please his enemies, to please me! 1021 02:25:56,790 --> 02:25:59,293 You knew about a lot of things in manchukuo, 1022 02:25:59,418 --> 02:26:01,712 even the secret agreement, 1023 02:26:01,837 --> 02:26:03,423 but you couldn't possibly have known 1024 02:26:03,548 --> 02:26:07,801 about the Japanese biological warfare experiments in harbin. 1025 02:26:07,926 --> 02:26:09,679 Could you? 1026 02:26:10,846 --> 02:26:14,100 So why did you sign these papers? 1027 02:26:18,396 --> 02:26:20,647 I was responsible for everything. 1028 02:26:20,772 --> 02:26:24,568 You are responsible for what you do! 1029 02:26:24,693 --> 02:26:27,738 All your life you thought you were better than everyone else. 1030 02:26:28,448 --> 02:26:31,117 Now you think you are the worst of all! 1031 02:26:36,789 --> 02:26:39,041 Why can you not leave me alone? 1032 02:26:40,709 --> 02:26:44,713 You saved my life to make me a puppet in your own play. 1033 02:26:46,341 --> 02:26:48,675 You saved me because I am useful to you. 1034 02:26:49,468 --> 02:26:51,804 Is that so terrible? 1035 02:26:51,929 --> 02:26:54,182 To be useful? 1036 02:27:26,672 --> 02:27:28,382 Aisin-gioro pu yi. 1037 02:27:34,013 --> 02:27:38,266 By order of the supreme people's court, 1038 02:27:38,393 --> 02:27:42,647 the war criminal aisin-gioro pu yi, 1039 02:27:42,772 --> 02:27:46,024 male, 53 years old, 1040 02:27:46,149 --> 02:27:50,822 of the manchu nationality and from Peking, 1041 02:27:50,947 --> 02:27:53,782 has now served ten years' detention. 1042 02:27:55,118 --> 02:27:58,954 As a result of remoulding through labour 1043 02:27:59,079 --> 02:28:03,584 and ideological education during his captivity, 1044 02:28:03,709 --> 02:28:07,046 he has shown that he has genuinely reformed. 1045 02:28:07,171 --> 02:28:12,676 In accordance with clause one of the special pardon order, 1046 02:28:12,801 --> 02:28:16,471 he is therefore to be released. 1047 02:28:28,484 --> 02:28:29,818 You see? 1048 02:28:29,943 --> 02:28:33,823 I will end up living in prison longer than you. 1049 02:31:07,309 --> 02:31:09,145 The red guards. 1050 02:31:16,110 --> 02:31:18,111 They are so young. 1051 02:31:19,405 --> 02:31:21,449 It is dangerous. 1052 02:31:28,747 --> 02:31:30,665 Look. Over there. 1053 02:31:30,790 --> 02:31:32,959 Pu chieh, look! 1054 02:31:36,087 --> 02:31:38,841 It is the governor of our prison! 1055 02:31:38,966 --> 02:31:42,802 - It cannot be. - It is! I'm sure it is! 1056 02:31:45,221 --> 02:31:46,724 Be careful. 1057 02:31:48,308 --> 02:31:50,144 Come back! 1058 02:32:34,814 --> 02:32:37,816 Comrade, this must be a mistake. 1059 02:32:37,941 --> 02:32:40,277 I know this man. He is a good man. 1060 02:32:40,403 --> 02:32:43,322 - Who are you? - I am a gardener. 1061 02:32:43,447 --> 02:32:46,450 Join us, comrade, or fuck off! 1062 02:32:56,668 --> 02:32:58,962 - But what has he done? - He has been accused. 1063 02:32:59,087 --> 02:33:00,673 - Accused of what? - Emperor's lackey! 1064 02:33:00,798 --> 02:33:03,007 - Revisionist element! - Rotten rightist! 1065 02:33:04,343 --> 02:33:06,762 - Confess your crime. - I have nothing to confess. 1066 02:33:06,887 --> 02:33:09,139 Kowtow to chairman mao. 1067 02:33:13,394 --> 02:33:15,979 - Confess your crimes. - I have nothing to confess. 1068 02:33:16,104 --> 02:33:17,772 Kowtow! 1069 02:33:21,861 --> 02:33:23,695 - Confess your crimes! - Wait! 1070 02:33:23,820 --> 02:33:27,240 He's a teacher! He is a good teacher! 1071 02:33:27,365 --> 02:33:30,619 - You cannot do this to him! - Move! Move! 1072 02:33:30,745 --> 02:33:33,581 You are wrong! He is a good teacher! 1073 02:36:34,969 --> 02:36:36,471 Stop! 1074 02:36:38,014 --> 02:36:41,434 You are not allowed in there! 1075 02:36:45,104 --> 02:36:46,606 - Who are you? - I live here. 1076 02:36:46,731 --> 02:36:48,566 I'm the son of the guardian. 1077 02:36:48,691 --> 02:36:51,403 Ah! Well, I used to live here too. 1078 02:36:51,528 --> 02:36:54,949 - That is where I sat. - Who are you? 1079 02:36:55,699 --> 02:36:58,284 I was the emperor of China. 1080 02:36:58,409 --> 02:36:59,912 Prove it! 1081 02:38:39,719 --> 02:38:41,721 This is the hall of supreme Harmony 1082 02:38:41,846 --> 02:38:43,765 where the emperors were crowned. 1083 02:38:43,890 --> 02:38:47,895 The last emperor to be crowned here was aisin-gioro pu yi. 1084 02:38:48,020 --> 02:38:50,189 He was three years old. 1085 02:38:50,314 --> 02:38:53,149 He died in 1967. 80329

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