page_title: Sorrows of the Forbidden City
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Sorrows of the Forbidden City / Cast
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 1967-11 1967年 午门前批评 清宫秘史
context_page_description: Sorrows of the Forbidden City is a Chinese film released in 1948 and directed by Zhu Shilin. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the film was criticized as "treasonous" for its positive depiction of the Emperor. However, its reputation has risen in recent years, and it was ranked as the 37th best Chinese film of all time in the Hong Kong Film Awards poll of 2013.
context_section_description: Shu Shi 舒适 as Emperor Guangxu
  Zhou Xuan as Consort Zhen
  Tang Ruojing 唐若菁 as Empress Dowager Cixi
  Hong Bo 洪波 as Li Lianying
caption: A mass struggle session denouncing Sorrows of the Forbidden City outside the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution. Mao Zedong criticized the film for depicting the emperor as patriotic. Qi Benyu used the film to attack Liu Shaoqi.
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