The war criminals will proceed in orderly fashion to the main waiting room and await instructions
No talking! Obey the guards!
War criminals must proceed to the waiting room!
Those caught talking will be severely punished!
The emperor!
Your majesty Your majesty Your majesty
What do they think they are doing? Stop! It is dangerous!
Go back, Go back Go!
Are you mad?! They could kill us all!
Go! Go!
Open the door!! Open the door!!
Mama!
By the command of Her lmperial Majesty, also call, the compassionate,
and the Blessed, the Respectful and the Long-Living, the Empress Dowager commands
Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, son of Prince Chun,
shall be transferred immediately to the Forbidden City and will remain in the great within,
awaiting Her Majesty's decision respect this!
Ar Mo I am giving your my son My son is your son!
Quick! Quick!
I want to go home!
Look, look at all the camels Unlook at the Forbidden City!
Give him to me
Ar Mo!
Pu Yi, come here
How small you are Are you afraid of me? Everyone is
I am the Grand Empress Dowager
And I have lived here for a long, long time
And they call me the old Buddha
This is Peony Do you like her?
Men, you know, are not allowed in the Forbidden City after dark
Even little men like you!
The only man who can live here is the Emperor
But the Emperor is on high, riding the dragon, now!
He died today!
Longevity
These other men, they're not real men They're all eunuchs
And now, they're all wait for me to die
That is why they're putting my bed in the middle of the room, under the black pearl
Little Pu Yi, I have decide that you will be the new Lord of Ten-Thousand years
You will be the Son of Heaven
Are we going home, Papa?
Sssh! sssh! sssh! It will soon be over
Look!
Papa Cricket!
Cricket! Cricket! Where's the cricket?!
Ahh, he is my friend, Your Majesty Safe and warm under my arm
Kept me company on the long journey here
Ahh, see? He is kowtowing to Your Majesty
Now, he can be the Emperor's Cricket!
Never come in here
His soup is getting cold!
Get out here!
Where am I?
In the people's Republic of China
Why did you stop me?
You are a criminals! You must be judged?
I'm the lord of 10,000 years
Go
If you really wanted to died, you would have succeeded
You'll kill me anyway
Whatever happens you'll be kept a life until you have been judged
You Majesty, this is the Forbidden City
Ah, look! This little one is Your Majesty's bedroom This is where we are
Am I going home, today?!
Not today, not yet A-And here, look
This is the Hall of Supreme Harmony where Your Majesty was crowned
I give Your Majesty the Gate of Marshall Valor
- I give you the maju-gate the...gate! - Yes
Yes and the Palace with he Loudest Heaven...and...yes
Your Majesty, your Emperial bath is ready!
I don't like baths! I don't like baths! I don't like baths!
No beam curd today and no meat!
Is it true I can do anything I want?
Of course, Your Majesty!
Anything you want You are the Lord of Ten Thousand Years
Oh!! Oh! Oh!, no! Not in my face! Oh! Oh, no! No!
I'm the Son of Heaven! I'm the Son of Heaven!
- Yes! Oh, yes! - I am the Son of Heaven!
Ar Mo! I want to go home! I want to go home, I want to go home!
I want to go home, Ar Mo! I want to go home
Once upon a time, there was a great tree and a great wind
The tree and the wind were always fighting
But when the wind came back,
it was angrier and stronger then ever
Father
My lade, she is new nurse
This is a good breast milk
Hey! come on, hurry!
And how he became my child
I repeat
Prisoners going to their cells will walk with their heads bowed Keep your eyes on the ground!
No looking forward or to the side!
The guards will give you directions and tell you when to turn!
Eye's down! move!
Pu Chieh
Your guest is waiting to meet you You Majesty
Also your mother has arrived
You have not seen your mother for many years Your Majesty
He is so small!
He is young, Your Majesty
Go Go!
The Emperor's brother His Excellency, Pu Chieh
Ar Mo
Stay with me
How is the health of His Majesty's mother?
It is better, thank you How much His majesty has grown!
My mother has not seen me for seven years!
Do you remember my face?
No!
The night they came with the horses, I knew it would be like this
My brother sees you everyday!
Pu Chieh is very excited to meet you He often talks about you
We are all very proud of you
The kite
He chose this for you
Papa!
Some of my clothes, I need boxes
This is Emperial tiva-row
I keep some in the big box
What is that?
My medicines
- Heals for rectifying vapors - No, I chamber part
These are my birds
That is my heater and this is my camel
They're turning away!
Of course! Ordinary people are not allowed to look at the Emperor!
I am too important
Is it true that you can do whatever you want?
Of course, I can If I am naughty, someone else is punished One of them!
Stop!
The Emperor will walk
I have never met other children Are they all like you?
I've got three sisters and two friends
If you come to our house, you can play with us
The Emperor never leaves the Palace
We play games together!
I know a game too! Run!
- The ones in the boat are the high consorts - High consorts?
The wives of the emperor before me
They say they're my mother, but they're not! They're not!
We asked for the books, so prisoners will have to pass this round all, read it loud
The sooner you begin to learn better This is school
History of the new popular democracy
I see book Page 84, 85
In February 1912
2,000 years of Emperial ruled came to an end with abucation of Manchoo Dynasty
And it became republic
And it the year of the Rat
Are you interested in ancient history?
They say it's a prison
Real prison
I told you start reading
You there, read loud
According
According to the treaty between the empire and the first republic,
the emperor's taitou was retained and not abolished.
He would retain his palaces and he paid an annual subsidies of four million dollars.
The republic also guaranteed to protect the Emperial tombs in perpetuity
in return the dynasty surrendered forever it's right to rule the country.
Man, his nature originally good
Let us see what the Emperor has done
Your Majesty will do it again 5 times
5 times?
10 times
Why are you wearing that? You are not allowed to wear yellow!
But this is ordinary yellow
It is Emperial yellow!
No, it is not!
We say it is! Only the Emperor can wear that yellow! Take it off!
No!
Take it off!
No! And you're not the Emperor anymore!
There is a new Emperor now!
He has cut off his queue, and instead of a camel, he has got a car!
What did you say?
You're not the Emperor!
Liar!
You're not the Emperor anymore!
Liar! Liar!
You're not the...
Liar!
- You're not the Emperor! - How dare you!
Calm yourselves! Oh!
You're not the Emperor!
How dare you!
No! Your Majesty! Calm yourselves!
Am I the Emperor or not?
Your Majesty will always be the Emperor
You see?
Prove it!
Big foot, drink it! Go on, drink the green ink
I will show you!
See? That is a car! He is the President of the Republic
Why is this wall here, Lord Chamberlain?
It is just a wall, Your Majesty Nothing has changed
You are lying
Hight Tutor, am I still the Emperor?
You will always be the Emperor inside the Forbidden City, but not outside
I do not understand
Outside China is now a republic, with a president
Where is Ar Mo? Ar Mo?
You are all liars!!
Let me say "good-bye"!
Hurry! Hurry!
He's my child! Ah!
Ar Mo?! Ar Mo?
I don't understand
Your Majesty is a big boy, now
He can't have a wet nurse anymore
It's much better like this Much healthier
But she is not my wet nurse
She is my butterfly
Ar Mo!!! Ar Mo!!
This is the detention center of the Fushun Bureau of public security
And I am the governor!
During the war, this was a Japanese prison
Many of you may remember it
Because you worked with the Japanese,
you were responsible for building it and you filled it with innocent people
How could this happen?!
Why did you betray your country?!
What turned you into war criminals?
We believe that men are born good!
We believe that the only way to change is to discover the truth and look at it in the face
That is why you are here
You will begin by writing the story of your lives and by confessing your crimes
Your salvation will lie entirely the attitude you take!
I advise you to be frank and sincere, otherwise things can still go very badly for you
You have learned that song very quickly
That is good beginning
It is snowing
We must take to the same story of they will return our words against
After a few years, the tiny republic had become as corrupt as the old emperor
It fell quickly into the hands of ambitions generals and corrupt bureaucrats
The era of the warlords had begun By May, 1919 when received my appointment
China was in turmoil
China awake
Did you know they now selling electro votes all the stock market
Nothing has changed with the republic either inside or outside the Forbidden City
- Except for the bicycles - The students are angry
But what can they do except shout
The shops are closing
Also they are
Maybe we'll be late after all
Shall we take a short cut?
- Yes - Use our feets
Remember you're one of the first foreigners within the official post of the Forbidden City since Marco Polo.
It makes me very nervous.
The enemy.
Is there a dagger in my back?
Not yet
My friend, it is not easy to forgive a foreign devil who knows Confucius better than they do.
And grows the finest pianism in Peking!
May the new tutor present himself!
Your Emperial Highness, the new tutor
The emperor is honor to welcome his tutor
Your tutor is honor to have been chosen, your Majesty
One more time
Dear Emperial Highness, Mr Reginald Fleming Johnston
How do you do, Mr, Johnston?
How do you do, Your Majesty?
Now we will go to school
Please begin the lesson
Your Majesty, in my country, it would be usual to begin with some kind of an examination
The Emperor can't be examined
Well, that may have to change
But first, Your Majesty might like to ask me some questions
Where are your ancestors buried?
In Scotland, Your Majesty
But then, where's your skirt?
In your country, men wear short skirts, do they not?
No, Your Majesty Scotsmen do not wear skirts, they wear kilts
Kilts
Kilts A matter of words, perhaps, but words are important
Why are words important?
If you can't say what you mean, Your majesty, you will never mean what you say
And a gentleman should always means what he says
Ah yes! "a gentleman" Are you a gentleman?
I would like to be a gentleman, Your Majesty I try to be
I'm not a gentleman I'm not allowed to say what I mean
They are always telling me what to say
Your Majesty is still very young
I thought he might like to see some English and American magazines
I have just received them
I know that you know that l know that you know that,
that is a dialog between Confucius and Chuang Tzu
Concerning respect, Your Majesty
Who is this "George Washington"?
A famous American, Your majesty
A revolutionary General The first American President
Ah! Like Mr, Lenin in Russia?
Not quite
Dose he have a car?
He lived a long time ago, Your Majesty
I want a car
I think your mouse is trying to escape, Your Majesty
Please do not tell anyone about my mouse
The lesson is finished
Our official taster's a brave men
Many of my ancestors have been poisoned, you know
Does Your Majesty have lunch like this everyday?
Oh, yes! Every day! Like theater!
I don't know why It has always been like that
This is my royal food
Your majesty! ...one hundred year eggs
Snake bow
Angel's hair
Garlic spark, steamed turtle, nut nipples...
This is danger of poisoning pots
That food comes directly from the high consorts
That taste had already tried them
It always arrives a-bit cold
How do they kill emperors in the West?
The Austrian emperor was shot, was he not?
No, but his nephew was assassinated before the Great War
But the Russian emperor had been shot He was called the Tsar
Yes
He took lots of our land in Manchuria
I'm a Manchrian Even after the republic, it's still country
The-uh...secret, Your Majesty, is emerging again
Is something the matter, Your Majesty?
Something is happening
Silence, tell them to be quite
Silence
What is happening, Mr, johnston?
- Uh nothing is happening... - Quiet!
On my way here, Your Majesty, we were held up by students from the university
They were protesting against the republican government
because it has agreed to give away Chinese territory to Japan
It is true, Mr, Johnston, that many people out there have had their heads chopped off?
It is true, Your Majesty Many heads have been chopped off
It does stop them thinking
It is time for the Emperor's rest
The students are right to be angry
I am angry!
But I am not allowed to leave the Forbidden City
I want to go out, Mr, Johnston!
My lord!
I want to see the City of sounds!
The Emperor awards you with the order of the Ruby Hat Button,
and with the right to be carried in your own chair, with four bearers
The last Emperor died won the same night
As Emperor stawward the night the time I was brought to the forbidden city
When I was three
The eunuchs think he was murdered but who cared him
And why?
And who will kill me?
The chair, your excellency.
The traditional gift to eunuch...
Many thanks Be greatful
- If it is an official practice... - Always sir, always sir.
Which case I would like an official receipt.
Stop!
One, two,
Three, four, five...
Emperor extends his apologies.
Please, tell the emperor that there is no offence.
The Emperor was offended.
But even the bicycle was viewed with suspicions in the forbidden city.
My present to the emperor lead to a lot of trouble.
Change about!
I hope the Emperor has not forgotten that this is the day for his math class?
For Your Majesty!
My doctor says, "Bicycles are bad for you"
Bad for you, nonsense!
How does it work?
Oh, it's simple
Head up and eyes forward! As in math!
My mother is dead, is she not?
Yes, Your Majesty
I'm profoundly sorry!
I'm not
She killed herself
She swallowed the ball of opium
I'm going to see her, and my brother
Open the door Open the door
Open the door
Where is it?
Fallen devil and fallen machine Trouble! Nothing but trouble!
Look where you lead him! And you are an old, cruel, ignorant man
The boy's mother is dead, and he's not even allowed to see her!
I want to go home!!
Stop it, stay where you are!!
I want to go home!!
Stop it, stay where you are!!
You fool!! Stay there!!
Chang!
Hunchback, Bigfoot!
Sir? Give me your hand, sir Give me your hand, sir!
Can you not see?
Look at my left ear, please, sir
Thank you, and my right Thank you
Would you follow my finger, please, sir
Just the eyes not the head
Well it's perfectly simple, Johnson The emperor needs spectacles
Like Harold Lloyd!
Impossible! An emperor does not wear spectacles!
That can't be allowed!
Time have changed, Your Highnesses!
If His Majesty doesn't get spectacles, Johnston, he could lose his sight
Now please, could you show me the way out of here?
Your Majesty
If the Emperor does not get spectacles, I will resign
Unfortunately, our decision is final
And unfortunately, what I have to say will be published in every newspaper in China
What do you have to say, Mr, Johnston?
The Emperor has been a prisoner in his own place since the day
that he was crowned and has remained a prisoner since he abdicated
But now he's growing up He may wonder why he is the only person in China
who may not walk out of his own front door
I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on earth
It would be conveniently sad if he becomes blind
Blind, Mr, Johnston?
To the expense, Your Excellency To the cost of maintaining one thousand two hundred eunuchs,
three hundred and fifty ladies-in-waiting
and one hundred and eight-five cooks to buying one hundred
and twenty sable furs a month and three thousand chickens a week
To the fast that eight hundred and forty guards and employees of the household department,
plus one Lord Chamberlain, care only about one thing!
Filling their own rice bowls!
You are very good at accounts, Mr, Johnston!
The Emperor may have abdicated,
but he is still a symbol of great importance to many people
If I did not agree with that, I would not be here
And some of us believe that one day soon, he may be more than a symbol
The spectacles are a detail
What do you really want, Mr, Johnston?
Ah-Just the spectacles
The Princess Wan Jung, Your Majesty Seventeen years old
Princess Wu Chang, fifteen years old
The princess De Li, Your Majesty And the Princess Fung Ying
The Princess Wang-ching
The Princess Shi-lean Sixteen years old
Who is this?
Princess Wen Hsiu, twelve years old
She has got a funny face
Not just one wife One empress and one secondary consort
Two wives?
But who do you choose to be the Empress?
They chose her!
She's very old, Johnston! She's seventeen!
That's not so old, Your Majesty What does she look like?
Old fashion!
I want a modern wife, Johnston, who speaks English and French!
And who can dance the quickstep!
Johnston!!
Sir!
I'm going to escape, Johnston
I've got a suitcase, and a ticket to England
I'm going to Oxford University
Your Majesty, if you get married you will become the master of your own house
A wedding might be a more practical way to escape
I suppose she's on her way Ba-unr
It will be all right They do everything for you
Why did you never get married, Johnston?
Your Mongolian cousin Prince Demchukedamgruv has sent you twelve racing camels...
Plus this
On behalf of Manchuria.
A lump of coal.
Manchuria...
- The secondary consort welcomes the Empress - The Empress greets the secondary consort
You are doing everything very well
Thank you I rehearsed many times
What is His Majesty thinking?
I was thinking, if I was the real emperor, I would become the ruler of China now
And what would the Emperor do, if he could really rule?
I would change everything Even the way we get married
Is the Emperor against arranged marriages?
It is humiliating not to choose whom you marry!
Even I was not allowed to choose
And yet westerners might be amazed
how much happiness can come from arranged marriages.
That is what old fashion women say, like the high consorts.
In another year or two His Majesty will be taller than me
Is it true the Emperor has a suitcase under his bed and is going to Oxford?
Will the Emperor take Wan Jung with him?
Perhaps he would like to see my face before he decides
Yes, the Emperor would like to see the face of the Empress
It is the Emperor who must remove the kait'ou
I also had a tutor like Mr, Johnston
Miss Windsor She's American
Miss Windsor taught me how to do the dance of the quickstep
Does the Emperor know hoe to do the quickstep?
Will you teach me?
Leave us! Leave us!
If Your Majesty thinks it is old fashioned to make the rain and the wind with a stranger,
we can be like a modern couple, to begin with
A modern couple?
Good night
You must come to Oxford with me
I like him! I'm sure I'm going to like him!
And he will grow up!
Eyes down!
Report your arrival!
Prisoner nine-eight-one reporting
Louder!!
Prisoner nine-eight-one reporting
Open the door!
Close the door!
Sit down!
Name?!
Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi
Write it!
Now read that aloud!
Forgiving to those who confesses, severeness to those who resists,
Redemption to those who gain merits.
Now than, there are two types of confession
We call them toothpaste and water tap
The toothpaste prisoner needs to be squeezed every now and then or else he forgets, to keep confessing
The water tap man needs one good hard twist before he starts
But them everything comes out
Now, you're an intelligent person I'm sure you understand me
Good then we will begin
Why do you think you are in here, nine-eight-one?
I'm accused of being a traitor a collaborate and a counter-revolutionary
It's not an accusation!!
You are a traitor, you are a collaborator and you're a counter-revolutionary!
Did you write this? And you call it a confession?
This is noting but a list of dates! A child's fairy tale!
What do you want me to confess?
You know what you did and what others did
So why don't you volunteer the information?
I don't understand
We don't tell people what to confess We already know everything about you
I...
Go on
I wanted reforms
What did you what to reform?
Everything
Chang, you have a house out of the forbidden city Do you not?
Yes, Your Majesty
It has 20 rooms, doesn't it?
And you also have houses
Oh, we all do, your majesty.
I recently learned that many pieces from the Emperial collections are on sale
in the antic shops of Peking Is that true, Cheng?
- Would you do me a favour, Wen shu? - Of course.
Stop growing
The Forbidden City is like a theater without an audience.
The audience left long ago when China became a republic.
Cut off my queue
Your majesty! Please!
It's heavy!
The emperor before me was murdered because he wanted to reform the empire
Is that not so, Mr, Johnston?
Yes, Your Majesty Probably
Well, let us see if they will kill me for reforming the Forbidden City
Lord Chamberlain! I'm appointing Mr, Johnston's friend,
the poet and scholar, Chin Hsiao Hsiu, to be the new Lord Chamberlain
I want him to supervise a detailed inventory of the Emperial storerooms!
So that we can learn exactly how much has been stolen!
Can I sleep here? I'm frightened
You're brave Are you not frightened?
I'm excited I don't want to escape anymore
I want to rule
Kiss me
Can I stay with you as well?
Get in get in
I used to play a game with the eunuchs
Trying to guess who is who
Now I can't see you!
Jung! Wan Jung? When Hsiu?
Come underneath the sheet with us
Your Majesty! The storeroom's on fire, Your Majesty!
Tian xiao shu, did you not write a poem about a spider who gets caught in his own web?
I did not know your majesty had read my poetry, I'm very honored.
I am the spider
The eunuchs set fire to this place to stop me of knowing what they have stolen.
I'm going to expel them from the Forbidden City.
There are twelve hundred eunuchs, your majesty.
They have been here for eight hundred years.
It will be dangerous.
Do you think the republican government would help me?
The republican will do almost anything if you know who to speak to.
It must happen quickly
Before they burn the whole place with us inside.
I lived with them all my life, Johnston. They're my family.
Majesty there is no alternative
- What is happening? - I do not know.
What are they carrying?
Their organs
Whatever their crimes, they can't be deprived of the right to be buried as whole men
Well?!
I have forgot what I was saving
You're wasting our time!
We want to know about the Japanese
How did your friendship with the Japanese begin?
Who introduced you?! When?!
Hmm, I think it was...it was 1924
Parliament had been dissolved again The president had fled
At first, I thought it was just another a coup d'etat by just another warlord
Only this time it was different This time it was my turn
Fifteen, love
Play
Your highness, how shocking.
Thirty love.
Ready?
Thirty, fifteen
The rotten government of the republic is in flight!
Now we shall remove the foreign stench of the Manchurian rats who still hide in the Forbidden City
Mr, Pu Yi and his family have been given one hour to leave the Forbidden City
They will be escorted to the home of his father
and remain there under guard as state prisoners until further notice!!
What are you all looking at? What are you standing there for?
You always wanted to leave the Forbidden City
Now you're got an hour to park So, go! Go!
I always thought I hated it here Now, I'm afraid to leave
Do you think they will kill me?
You must do as they say, Your majesty, while I try to reach the British embassy
They will give you asylum there I'm sure will
Chang, take my car to the South gate! I want to drive His Majesty
Your Majesty!
Please, Your Majesty!
What?
But you didn't go to the British embassy, did you?
You ended up at the Japanese embassy
The Japanese were the only people prepared to help me
Help you for nothing?
Japan has an emperor We're almost the same age
I thought it was kindness
At the same time I realized that for many Chinese I was alien
Simply because I'm Manchurian
There was even an anti-Manchurian league who wanted to assassinate me!
So, I want to live in Tientsin
It was a nice provincial town with a big port
In those days, we had a large, international settlement
The Japanese thought it would safer for me there
If you had read the books we gave you more carefully,
You might have learned that anti-Manchurigue was largely financed by the Japanese.
It was designed to frighten you
I did not know that at the time.
- Cigarette? - I do not smoke.
Were the Japanese paying for you in Tientsin?
Oh! no
I had to rent a villa, The Villa Chan, and it was very expensive
So were the bodyguards
I spent a lot of money in Tientsin
Did you still believe in a restoration of the Emperial system?
Others did They were later caught and exiled
I can't remember how much jade and jewelry they made me
spend to buy the friendship of some warlord or some white Russian general
I even financed in English speaking newspaper
They close after three days it was unreadable
And what else did you spend your money on?
Oh, I was never tired of buying pianos, watches, radios...
As long as they were foreign!
Of course Anything Western was good
Especially Wrigley's chewing gum, Bayer aspirin and cars
While you were in Tientsin, most of China came under the control of General Chiang Kie Shek,
the so-called Nationalists, the Kuomintang
What were your relations with them?
None
I felt useless in Tientsin I was twenty-one
I dreamt of going to the West
I became a playboy
Am I blue Am I blue
Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you am I blue?
You'd be too If each plan with your girl done fell throught was a time I was her only one
But now I'm the sad and lonely one Bu-Bu-Booo Bu-Bu-Booo
Now she's gone and we're throught Lord, I'm blue
Very good
Well done
That's a great ship... if you're going first-class
I'm not going anywhere
Would you like to dance?
You're a brave man Nobody here would have danced with me
Why is that?
Because I'm Chiness
Well, I'm American
You say California I say French Riviera
San Francisco!
Monte Carlo!! Are we really going this time?
Who's that couple?
Oh, Henry and Elizabeth
The Emperor of China?
The Emperor and his wise
She's beautiful
Yes, very
And who are you?
I'm His Highness's other wife
His other wife?
Number two wife
Well, some people have all the luck
Ladies and gentlemen!
General Chiang Kai Shek has taken Shanghai!
The Kuomintang have broken with the Reds and have knocked them for six!
The Reds are finished!
Sorry about the reception, everyone!
It would be wiser to return to the Japanese delegation now, Your Mejesty
Your car is waiting
Thank you, Mr, Amakasu
The general strike in Shanghai has collapsed
The international settlement is safe
Troops of the Kuomintang are now in full control of the city
And firm steps are being taken to restore order in the native areas
What do you think of General Chiang Kai-shek?
Why should I think of him. He's just another war lord.
But he has mashed the Communists.
That's good. Except the Communist were his sworn allies until a few days ago.
I expect he betrayed them for money.
- You want some gum you can spit? - Uh-huh.
Wen Hsiu, you want some gum?
I want a divorce
I don't want to be your mistress any longer
I thought you were my secondary consort
In the Forbidden City, you were the emperor and I was a secondary consort
But now you are Henry Pu Yi
Wan Jung is your wife, Elizabeth
And who am l? I'm nobody
I didn't know you were so unhappy
You can only have one wife in the West
I want a divorce
No one can divorce me!
I want a divorce!!
Can you inside me?
Give me alone
Your Ladyship!
Thank you
I don't need it!
Wen Hsiu?
Elizabeth! Can I come in?
Don't you remember me? I'm dressed like a pilot, but I still can't fly! Not yet
Eastern Jewel! We had dancing classes together!
Yes, just before your marriage
Silly girl! Why do people want to get married?
Wen Hsiu has gone She will never come back
Is it so bad?
She was my only friend
Well, at least now you've got your husband all to yourself!
And you've got me!
I'll be your friend
You smoke opium?
Be wicked It's the best in Shanghai! Why are you going to Europe?
The place to go is Japan! It's more fun than anywhere!
It's modern
How do you know we're going to Europe? It's a secret
Oh, I know everything!
I know Chiang Kai Shek has got false teeth
I even know his nickname, "cash my check!"
I'm a spy I don't care who knows it
A spy?
I work for the Japanese, special service Bureau,
and I've come to protect you
The Japanese They are getting closer to him everyday
He is sending his brother to the military academy in Tokyo
They talk to him about Manchuria all the time
And Mr Amakasu never says hello to me
I don't trust the Japanese
Of course, I'd love to be the Emperor's new secondary consort!
Eastern Jewel
If the post is available
The post is vacant, my dear cousin
But you don't fit the port!
Wen Hsiu left the dog behind Do you want it?
It's my fault It's all my fault
I came to see you, Your Majesty To give you bad news
Something terrible has happened
The Emperial tombs of our Manchurian ancestors have been attacked and robbed
by troops of the Kuomintang Chinese soldiers
A warlord working for Chiang Kai Shek
The body of the Empress Dowager was hacked to pieces
Her pearl necklace has become a wedding present from Ching Kai Shek to his new wife
Prisoner 981 reporting
Open the door!
Close the door!
Tell me, nine-eight-one Do you consider yourself to be Chinese?
Of course
What is this?
Japan
And what do you call this part of China?
The Northeast
And what did you call it as a child?
Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria on September eighteenth, 1931
and began to set up a puppet state called Manchukuo
Shortly afterwards, a Japanese delegation paid you a secret visit in Tientsin
to request your collaboration, which you say you refused
Speak up!
I've already told you I have told you a hundred times
Tell us again! Tell us two-hundred times!
I refused to collaborate
You say you refused, but a month later, on November tenth, 1931
there your are arriving in Manchuria, or should I call it Manchukuo?!
Now, according to this so-called confession of yours, you didn't go of your own free will!
You insist that you were kidnapped by the Japanese!
Yes
And taken to Manchuria by force!
Yes!
Sit down!
Do you remember a man called Reginald Fleming Johnston?
He was your tutor
Yes
And a good friend, I believe
After twenty-eight years in China, Mr, Johnston returned to England
He became a professor of original studies at London University
And he wrote a book It's called Twilight in the Forbidden City,
and it's dedicated to you
Tientsin 1931
I'm going to miss you, Johnston
I shell miss you, Your Majesty
Do you think a man can become emperor again?
Yes
Thank you, Your Majesty
How can we say "Good-bye"?
As we said, "Hello"
Farewell, Mr Johnston
Farewell, Your Majesty
All aboard! All aboard!
Thank you, sir
Good-bye, Mr Johnston! We'll never forget you, Mr Johnston
Good-bye! Mr, Johnston Good-bye! Good-bye!
All aboard!
On page four-hundred and forty-nine, Mr Johnston writes
The endeavor to make out that the Emperor had been kidnapped by the Japanese is wholly untrue
He left Tientsin and went to Manchuria of his own free will
Johnston was a liar!
What did you say? I didn't hear you
Mr Johnston had left before I was taken to Manchuria
He couldn't have known what happened
Sit down!
Is this your confession, eight-nine-five?
Yes
According to this account, you pre-packed the man's things on the morning of November ninth!
Isn't it unusual for a man who's kidnapped to have his luggage packed
by his valet the day before he's kidnapped?!
This is what you've written, isn't it?!
Who told you to pack this man's luggage?!
These two stories don't fit, do they?
It was a long time ago Perhaps I made a mistake
You are lying!
You are both lying!!
Control yourself!
My family was bared alive in Manchukuo
My mother digged her own grave because of people like them
Smash the enemies Smash them forever
Enough
These might help you to remember the truth
What made you write that?
It's the truth
Chingfase wishes your safe, Johnny
You mean he refuses to say good-bye to me
He will see me when he comes to my colonation
Request your choice Request you to change your mind
I'm the hereditary ruler of the Manchurian people
There can be no Manchukuo without me
Do you not see? The Japanese are using you
I must try to use them
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria will be condemned by the League of Nations
and by every civilized country on earth!
The Chinese Republic had broken every promise it ever made to me!
Chinese troops desecrated the tombs of my ancestors!!
And Chinese troops didn't defend Manchuria from the Japanese!
But Manchuria is still China!
China has turned it's back on me
Please, don't go
Manchuria is the richest frontier Asia!
Coal, oil, railways!
Millions of Chinese immigrants are going there every year!
I'm going to build my country
If you go, you will betray your country
Which country?
Johnston was wrong, but he wasn't a liar
There was no kidnapped!
You went to Manchuria by your own choice, because you wanted to be Emperor again!
You will rewrite your confessions from the beginning!
Guard!
Take this people away!
Out!
Manchuria 1934
To heaven
To earth
Chingfase is a fool how could he miss the birth of a new country
It looks like an agrarian of a factory
To the moon
To the sun
You're an empress again
What I'm going to be is a pilot!
I'm going to train at a secret base near Yokohama to learn precision-bombing
I want to bomb Shanghai
Bomb Shanghai?
I hate China!
I hate you
The Japanese Army High Command!
Very impressive!
The Japanese Army!
Quickly!
On behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the commander of the Kantong Army
extends his warmest congratulations on the occasion of His Majesty's coronation
Manchukuo will grow into a bright vision
Japan will always be on the side of the Emperor
Uh, may I introduce you? My wife, the Princess Hiro Saga
Prime Minister Hsiao Hsiu
Honorable Chang Ching Hui, Minister of Defense
Monseigneur, Colonna
The Empress and I accept with great pleasure
Excuse me, General
Ahh! And now Mr, Amakasu He's the new chief of the Manchuria Motion Picture studies
Why do you have to spoil this day? Why?
Mr Amakasu is the most powerful man in Manchukuo
What are you talking about?
You didn't believe I could be Emperor again, but I am
You are blind
Do you know what it means to be an empress?
You are an empress!
Why do you not make love to me anymore?
Because you have become an opium addict
Opium killed my mother, opium destroyed China
You can buy opium anywhere in Manchukuo!
Shut up!
In any shop
Shut up!
Your brother is going to have a child
We must have a child We must have an heir!
Emperor Hirohito has officially invited us to Japan
I'm going alone! You are staying here
I would never go to Japan
Then go to your room!
Ten thousand years to His Majesty!
Ten thousand years!
Ten thousand years to His Majesty!
To His Majesty, ten thousand years!
I told you, I hate you
Only because I give you what you need
Now we're engaged
- Good morning - Good morning
Good morning, sir
You forgot my toothpowder
Oh... yes...sir
Move him!
Nine-eight-one! Collect your things!
I said, collect your things!
Keep it to the story That is an order
Upstairs!
Stop!
Your laces are undone Do them up!
Thursday, you serve lunch
Friday, you clean the toilet
Saturday, you sweep the floor
I have never been separated from my family
You'd better get used to it!
It isn't so bad People get used to anything
You don't remember me, do you?
I was the Minister of Trade, in Manchukuo
You were all in Manchukuo
Now, I'm the cell leader
It is important to follow the rules here
No talking during study session!
Manchuria 1935
Where is your gun, Captain? Where are their swords?
Our weapons have been removed, Your majesty, on order of colonel Yoshioka
Colonel Yoshioka?
Colonel Yoshioka!
What has happened here? Why has my guard been disarmed?
Yes, it's very unfortunate, Your Majesty
There have been many changes while you were in Tokyo
Your Majesty, may I present Masaomi Kobayakawa, the new Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo
Why is prime Minister Hsiao Hsiu not here to receive me?
The prime Minister has resigned, Your Majesty
His son been assassinated
Assassinated?
By communist bandits, Your Majesty
I must see him at once
He refuse to see anyone, Your majesty He has gone to a monastery, far away
Who are you?
Chang Ching Hui, Your Majesty Minister of Defense
Yes, of course
The council meeting will be at four o'clock, Your Majesty Before the state dinner
The emperor has been asked to sign the following.
After careful consideration
We have decided to nominate the honorable Zhang jin gui as the new prime minister of Man zhou guo.
No.
Today on our return from Japan we wish to speak of something more important.
The future of our friendship with Japan.
This is based on mutual respect,
And respect means equality and independence.
When the two emperors stood together and saluted the two national flags
They recognized that Man zhou guo had come of age.
Man zhou guo is not a colony, Man zhou guo is Manchuria.
The relationship between our two countries is neither the relationship of the two emperors.
It is ruled in paternal trust.
In... in the desire to preserve our ancient traditions.
And in a mutual respect for our national identities.
Already we have welcomed the ambassadors of El salvador, Costa Rica, the Vatican...
Soon I'm sure the other countries would follow.
Zhang xiao xu was an idiot.
He thought the open board were there to decrease production.
But that was just propaganda.
What the Japanese really wanted was cash, more production!
Of course, they've gotten rid of him.
Well, I had been a drug abuser all my life, opium, heroin.
I could deal with the green gang in Shanghai, even with Chiang Kai-shek.
That is why the Japanese wanted me to be prime minister.
You were right I was blind
I'm going to have a child The father is Manchurian
Colonel Yoshioka, Mr Amakasu!
I did it for you!
His Majesty forgot to sign the appointment of the new prime Minister Mr Chang Ching Hui!
I didn't forget
When an Englishman robs someone, Your Majesty, he becomes a gentleman
If he robs a lot, he becomes a knight
Do you imagine the British run their Empire as a charity?
If India has to pay for the cost of it's own occupation, so must Manchukuo
We hope Manchukuo will have an heir The Empress is expecting a child
Yes, Your Majesty We are aware of the situation
This is the name of the father
His name is Chang! He is your driver!
All the necessary facts have been recorded The man will be punished
The emperor can't allow his honor to be stained
The Japanese are the only divine race on earth
We will take China, Hong-Kong, Indo-China,
Siam, Malaya, Singapore, and lndia!
Asia belongs to us!!
How long have you been here?
Three years
You were issued with the same clothes as else everyone
What can't you learn to look after yourself?
There have been complaints from your cellmates
You must learn how to urinate at night without working them all up!
The way to do it's to urinate against the side of the bucket, not into the middle!
Yes, comrade
You still think I'm your servant, don't you?
It's the last time, the last time,
This is the last time
Why do you think Becale has been in prison all this time?
Haven't you thought about it?
Because he was my servant
Yes
Loyalty is a great quality, isn't?
So do you think it's unjust that your loyal servant is punished for serving you?
I think it isn't a question of justice?
It's a question of justice!
Even your servant has a choice
Maybe he had nothing to do with the political decision Manchukuo
or the crimes that happened around me
He was the only innocent person there
Sit down
Parmead Lee is now a free citizen of the peoples Republic of China
He's being released today
You have a train to catch
This is my wife We have three children
You know nothing about me
Thank you
For long time I thought you kept me in prison
because you wanted someone to look up to me
If you went out on the streets of China today and people knew who you were,
somebody will probably try to kill you!
You talk of your as you are the only one who suffer
Stop hiding behind your private story
Write it again all of it!
We are all pretending You are just pretending you have changed
You can't speak like that in here
That is conquer revolute in talk
I know who you all are
You're captain of the imperial guard
And you become a spy in the palace
You, the minister of trade
You responsible for starvation of Manchuria
He... Prime Minister of the cotics.
Shut up! The party will teach us to be a new man!!
We're working for a new China!!
You worked in Amakasu's private office
You are still the same people! People don't change
Guard!! Guard!!
Guard!!
And I let it happen
Guard! Guard!
I let it happen
The second edict, Your Majesty Japanese will be the official language in Manchukuo schools
Your Majesty!
The baby was born dead, Your Majesty
How is the Empress?
It would be better if she gone to a clinic, somewhere warm
She's already left, Your Majesty
Open the door
With Manchukuo now firmly in their grasp, the Japanese soon controlled most of North China
By 1937 they were ready to strike South, at the heart of the country
The attack on Shanghai was one of the first civilian bombing raids in history
It left thousands homeless, thousands dead
Three months later, Japanese armies were besieging the provisional capital at Nanking
And when the city fell, the atrocities began
Trying to terrorize the rest of China,
more than two hundred thousands of the civilians exacuted
The world watched in horror, but no help was given
On December the seventh, 1941 Japan attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor
There was no warning
Manchukuo, the Japanese bastion in North China, was still ruled by the puppet emperor, Pu Yi
But behind the facade of triumph, was a country enslaved
A country where Japanese experimenting biological warfare were carried out on live human beings.
A country where opium production became the easiest way to finance the war.
Millions of people were deliberately turned into drug addicts.
Nine days after the bomb at Hiroshima, on August the fifteenth 1945
Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan
It was the first time his voice had ever been heard on radio
You must get to Tokyo, Your majesty
You must surrender to the Americans, not the Russians
The communists will kill everyone!
Your excellence have reached Habi.
We must leave at once
There is no room on the plane
No trucks!
Here you go
The Empress has returned
Your Majesty, please
Fest must not know you have seen her like that
Your Majesty!
Hurry!
There is no room on the plane, Your Majesty!
The women aren't in danger! We must hurry!!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty is leaving now!
Now!
The Russians!
Perhaps you think we are here to teach men to lie in a new way
Why did you sign every accusation made against you?
I didn't step you from killing yourself to see you like this...
Someone who signs anything to please his enemies, to please me!
You know about a lot of things in Manchukuo even the secret agreements
But you couldn't possibly have known about the Japanese biological warfare experiments in Harbin!
Could you?! So why did you sign these papers?
I was responsible for everything
Your are responsible for what you do!
All your life you thought you were better than everyone else
Now you think you are the worst of all!
Why can you not leave me alone?
You save my life to make me a puppet in your own play
You saved me because I'm useful to you
Is that so terrible, to be useful?
1959
Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi!
By order of the supreme people's count,
the war criminal Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, male, fifty-three years old,
of the Manchu nationality, and from Peking,
has now served ten years detention!
As a result of remolding thought labor and ideological education during his captivity,
he has shown that he has genuinely reformed!
In accordance with clause one of the Special Pardon Order, he is therefore to be released!
You see, I will end up living in prison longer than you
Peking 1967
Long live chief of Mao!
The Red Guards!
They are so young
It's dangerous
Decision of traitor!
Look, over there Pu Chien, look!
It's the Governor of our prison!
It can't be!
It is! I'm sure it is!
Be careful! Come back!
Comrade This must be a mistake! I know this man! He is a good man
Who are you?
I'm a gardener
Join us, comrade, or fuck off!
But what has he done?
He has been accused
Accused of what?
Emperialismania! Reactionary elements! Traitor to country!
Confess your crimes!!
I have nothing to confess
Kowtow to Chairman Mao!
Confess your crimes!!
I have nothing to confess
Kowtow!
Confess your crimes!!
Wait!
He is teacher! He is a good teacher!
You! Get out of here!
You can't do this to him!
Move! You want to be him?!
You are wrong!! He is s good teacher!
Decision of reactionary element! Decision of reactionary element!
Stop! You are not allowed in here!
Who are you?
I live here! I'm the son of the guardian!
Ah, Well, I used to live here, too
That is where I sat
Who are you?
I was the Emperor of China
Prove it!
This is the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the empress were crowned
The last Emperor to be crowned here was Aisian-Gioro Pu Yi
He was three years old He died in 1967