Katharine Hepburn

Jade Tan

Walter Huston

Ling Tan

Aline MacMahon

Ling Tan's Wife

Akim Tamiroff

Wu Lien

Turhan Bey

Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

Hurd Hatfield

Lao San Tan - Youngest Son

J. Carrol Naish

Japanese Kitchen Overseer

Agnes Moorehead

Third Cousin's Wife

Henry Travers

Third Cousin

Robert Bice

Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

Robert Lewis

Captain Sato

Frances Rafferty

Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife

Jacqueline deWit

Wu Lien's Wife

Clarence Lung

Fourth Cousin

Paul E. Burns

Shen - Neighbor

Anna Demetrio

Wu Sao

Lionel Barrymore

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Philip Ahn

Leader of City People (uncredited)

Benson Fong

Sudent (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)

Abner Biberman

Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)

Victor Wong

Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Al Hill

Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Wang

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Japanese Guard (uncredited)

Spencer Chan

Farmer (uncredited)

Teru Shimada

Villager (uncredited)