Emperor (Henry) Pu Yi

John Lone

Wan Jung

Joan Chen

Reginald Johnston

Peter O'Toole

Governor

Ying Ruocheng

The Governor

Ying Ruocheng

The Governor

Ruocheng Ying

Chen Pao Shen

Victor Wong

Chen Pao Shen

Victor Wong

Big Li

Dennis Dun

Chang

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Amakasu

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Eastern Jewel

Maggie Han

Interrogator

Ric Young

Pu Yi (15 years)

Wu Tao

Wen Hsiu

Vivian Wu

Pu Yi (8 years)

Tijger Tsou

Ar Mo

Jade Go

Yoshioka

Fumihiko Ikeda

Pu Yi (age 3)

Richard Vuu

Pu Yi (8 years)

Tsou Tijger

Pu Chieh

Fan Guang

Pu Yi (15 years)

Tao Wu

Pu Chieh (age 7)

Henry Kyi

Pu Chieh (Adult)

Guang Fan

Pu Chieh (age 14)

Alvin Riley III

Tzu Hsui, The Empress Dowager

Lisa Lu

Gen. Ishikari

Hideo Takamatsu

Japanese Translator

Hajime Tachibana

Prince Chun

Basil Pao

Lord Chamberlain

Jian Xireng

Captain of Imperial Guard

Chen Kai Ge

Lord Chamberlain

Henry O

Big Foot

Zhang Liangbin

Captain of Imperial Guard

Chen Kaige

Hunchback

Huang Wenjie

Big Foot

Liangbin Zhang

Lady Aisin-Gioro

Liang Dong

Hunchback

Wenjie Huang

Old Doctor

Dong Zhendong

Lady Aisin-Gioro

Dong Liang

Doctor

Dong Jiechen

Old Doctor

Zhendong Dong

Oculist

Constantine Gregory

Doctor

Jiechen Dong

Lung Yu

Soong Huaikuei

First High Consort

Shao Ruzhen

Lung Yu

Huaikuei Soong

Second High Consort

Li Yu

First High Consort

Ruzhen Shao

Third High Consort

Li Guangli

Second High Consort

Yu Li 于莉

Grey Eyes

Xu Chunqing

Third High Consort

Guangli Li

Old Tutor

Zhang Tianmin

Grey Eyes

Chunqing Xu

Sleeping Old Tutor

Luo Hongnian

Old Tutor

Tianmin Zhang

Gen. Yuan Shikai

Yang Baozong

Sleeping Old Tutor

Hongnian Luo

Scarface

Cai Hongxiang

Hsiao Hsiu

Shihong Yu

Hsiao Hsiu

Yu Shihong

Wen Hsiu (12 years)

Jun Wu

Lady of the Book

Lucia Hwong

Wen Hsiu (age 12)

Wu Jun

Lady of the Pen

Jingping Cui

Lady of the Pen

Cui Jingping

Republican Officer

Shi Liang

Republican Officer

Wu Hai

Tang

Junguo Gu

Captain of Feng's Army

Xu Tongrui

Tang

Gu Junguo

Minister of Trade

Fusheng Li

Minister of Trade

Li Fusheng

Chang Chinghui

Shu Chen

Chang Chinghui

Chen Shu

Lady Hiro Saga

Shuyan Cheng

Tough Warder

Daxing Zhang

Lady Hiro Saga

Cheng Shuyan

Emperor Hirohito

Zhang Lingmu

Second Warder

Ruigang Zu

Chang Ching Hui's Secretary

Luo Shigang

Party Boss

Yuan Jin

Japanese Doctor

Akira Ikuta

American

Michael Vermaaten

Second Warder

Zu Ruigang

Party Boss

Jin Yuan

Englishman

Matthew Spender

Japanese Bodyguard

Ma Guang

Japanese Bodyguard

Cui Xinmin

Dignitary

Li Zhenduo

Scribe

Yang Hongchang

Prisoner

Wang Biao

Englishman

Martin Reynolds

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci