Jade Tan

Katharine Hepburn

Ling Tan

Walter Huston

Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

Turhan Bey

Ling Tan's Wife

Aline MacMahon

Wu Lien

Akim Tamiroff

Lao San Tan

Hurd Hatfield

Japanese Kitchen Overseer

J. Carrol Naish

Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife

Frances Rafferty

Third Cousin's Wife

Agnes Moorehead

Third Cousin

Henry Travers

Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

Robert Bice

Captain Sato

Robert Lewis

Mrs. Wu Lien

Jacqueline de Wit

Wu Lien's Wife

Jacqueline deWit

Neighbor Shen

Paul E. Burns

Fourth Cousin

Clarence Lung

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Lionel Barrymore

Major Yohagi (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Wu Soo

Anna Demetrio

Captain Yasuda (uncredited)

Abner Biberman

Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Sudent (uncredited)

Benson Fong

Leader of City People (uncredited)

Philip Ahn

Japanese Diplomat

Charles Lung

Japanese Guard (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Al Hill

Japanese Soldier

J. Alex Havier

Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Victor Wong

Speaker with Movies

Roland Got

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Wang

Young Farmer

Robbie Lee

Old Clerk

Frank Puglia

Farmer (uncredited)

Spencer Chan

Innkeeper

Lee Tung Foo

Villager (uncredited)

Teru Shimada

Japanese Official

Leonard Strong

Japanese Soldier

Alex Havier

Keye Luke