John Lone

Pu Yi (Adult)

Joan Chen

Wan Jung

Peter O'Toole

Reginald Johnston (R.J.)

Ruocheng Ying

The Governor

Victor Wong Chi-Keung

Chen Pao Shen

Dennis Dun

Big Li

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Amakasu

Maggie Han

Eastern Jewel

Ric Young

Interrogator

Vivian Wu

Wen Hsiu

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Chang

Jade Go

Ar Mo

Fumihiko Ikeda

Yoshioka

Richard Vuu

Pu Yi (3 years)

Tsou Tijger

Pu Yi (8 years)

Tao Wu

Pu Yi (15 years)

Guang Fan

Pu Chieh (Adult)

Henry Kyi

Pu Chieh (7 years)

Alvin Riley III

Pu Chieh (14 years)

Lisa Lu

Tzu Hsui

Hideo Takamatsu

General Ishikari

Hajime Tachibana

Japanese Translator

Basil Pao

Prince Chun

Henry O

Lord Chamberlain

Chen Kaige

Captain of Imperial Guard

Liangbin Zhang

Big Foot

Wenjie Huang

Hunchback

Dong Liang

Lady Aisin-Gioro

Zhendong Dong

Old Doctor

Jiechen Dong

Doctor

Constantine Gregory

Oculist

Huaikuei Soong

Lung Yu

Ruzhen Shao

First High Consort

Yu Li

Second High Consort

Guangli Li

Third High Consort

Chunqing Xu

Grey Eyes

Zhang Tianmin

Old Tutor

Hongnian Luo

Sleeping Old Tutor

Shihong Yu

Hsiao Hsiu

Jun Wu

Wen Hsiu (12 years)

Lucia Hwong

Lady of the Book

Jingping Cui

Lady of the Pen

Shi Liang

Republican Officer

Junguo Gu

Tang

Xu Tongrui

Captain of Feng's Army

Fusheng Li

Minister of Trade

Chen Shu

Chang Chinghui

Shuyan Cheng

Lady Hiro Saga

Daxing Zhang

Tough Warder

Ruigang Zu

Second Warder

Yuan Jin

Party Boss

Akira Ikuta

Japanese Doctor

Michael Vermaaten

American

Matthew Spender

Englishman

Cai Hongxiang

Scarface (uncredited)

Glen Murphy

Captain (uncredited)

Biao Wang

Prisoner (uncredited)