Peter O'Toole
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Ruocheng Ying
The Governor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Chang
Richard Vuu
Pu Yi (3 years)
Tsou Tijger
Pu Yi (8 years)
Guang Fan
Pu Chieh (Adult)
Henry Kyi
Pu Chieh (7 years)
Alvin Riley III
Pu Chieh (14 years)
Hideo Takamatsu
General Ishikari
Hajime Tachibana
Japanese Translator
Chen Kaige
Captain of Imperial Guard
Dong Liang
Lady Aisin-Gioro
Constantine Gregory
Oculist
Ruzhen Shao
First High Consort
Guangli Li
Third High Consort
Hongnian Luo
Sleeping Old Tutor
Jun Wu
Wen Hsiu (12 years)
Lucia Hwong
Lady of the Book
Jingping Cui
Lady of the Pen
Shi Liang
Republican Officer
Xu Tongrui
Captain of Feng's Army
Fusheng Li
Minister of Trade
Shuyan Cheng
Lady Hiro Saga
Akira Ikuta
Japanese Doctor
Michael Vermaaten
American
Matthew Spender
Englishman
Cai Hongxiang
Scarface (uncredited)
Glen Murphy
Captain (uncredited)
Biao Wang
Prisoner (uncredited)