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A beautiful scene from Forbidden City, China. The Last Emperor is the true story of Aisin-Gioro PuYi, the last ruler of the Chinese Ching Dynasty. Told in flashback, the film covers the years 1908 to 1967. He ruled in two periods between 1908 and 1917, firstly as the Xuantong Emperor ~宣統皇帝~ from 1908 to 1912, and nominally as a non-ruling puppet emperor for twelve days in 1917. He was the twelfth and final member of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rule over China. He was married to the Empress Gobulo Wan Rong under the suggestion of the Imperial Dowager Concubine Duan-Kang. Humiliating his faithful wife, PuYi falls into bad romantic company, carrying on affairs with a variety of parasitic females. During World War II, the Japanese force PuYi to sign a series of documents which endorse their despotic military activities. At war's end, the emperor is taken prisoner by the Russians; while incarcerated, he is forced to fend for himself without servants at his beck and call for the first time.