Instead of going to the British embassy, he went to the Japanese Embassy for asylum because they had an emperor as well and they would understand. He confesses when he was hiding out in Tenzen, buying western products and living the life.

TITLE: Last Emperor, The
PRODUCTION YEAR: 1987
LIBRARY: Recorded Picture Company
DIRECTOR: Bernardo Bertolucci
PRODUCER(S): Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
COMPOSER: Ryuichi Sakamota
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093389
IMDB SCORE:  0.0
TALENT: John Lone, Ruocheng Ying, Ric Young
GENRE: Biography, Drama, Foreign, History, Iconic, Literary Masterpiece, Period Piece, True Story, War
ERA: 1950s, 1960s
TERRITORY RIGHTS:  Worldwide
TERM RIGHTS: Perpetuity
ICONIC TITLE: yes
FILENAME: rpc-emperor-036
DURATION: 00:02:10:00
TIME IN: 01:28:12:00