At the 60th Academy Awards, THE LAST EMPEROR (1987) was nominated for nine Oscars and went on to win all nine, including Best Picture—one of the rare times a film ended up with every award for which it was nominated. Of the three Best Picture winners throughout the Academy Awards history that feature mostly Asian casts (PARASITE, 2019; SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, 2008; and THE LAST EMPEROR), none received any acting nominations. Considered through the lens of our Hollywood Chinese film series, guest pr