Ethan Hawke as Ishmael Chambers

Youki Kudoh as Hatsue Miyamoto

Reeve Carney as Young Ishmael Chambers

Anne Suzuki as Young Hatsue Imada

Rick Yune as Kazuo Miyamoto

Max von Sydow as Nels Gudmundsson

James Rebhorn as Alvin Hooks

James Cromwell as Judge Fielding

Richard Jenkins as Sheriff Art Moran

Arija Bareikis as Susan Marie Heine

Eric Thal as Carl Heine Jr.

Celia Weston as Etta Heine

Daniel von Bargen as Carl Heine Sr.

Akira Takayama as Hisao Imada

Ако as Fujiko Imada

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Zenhichi Miyamoto

Zak Orth as Deputy Abel Martinson

Max Wright as Horace Whaley

Sam Shepard as Arthur Chambers

Caroline Kava as Helen Chambers

Jan Rubeš as Ole Jurgensen

Sheila Moore as Liesel Jurgensen

Zeljko Ivanek as Dr. Whitman

Seiji Inouye as Young Kazuo Miyamoto

Saemi Nakamura as Sumiko Imada

Mika Fujii as Yukiko Imada

Dwight McFee as Bus Driver

Bill Harper as Levant

Henry O as Nagaishi

Myles Ferguson as German Soldier

Noah Heney as Ship's Doctor

John Destry as Bailiff

A. Arthur Takemoto as Buddhist Priest

Ken Takemoto as Monk

Larry Musser as Gas Station Attendant

Jamie Kang as Singing Girl

Lili Marshall as Strawberry Girl

Lisa Mena as Strawberry Woman

Jethro Heysen-Hicks as Parade Boy with Stick

Tom Heaton as Juror

Frank C. Turner as Juror

Marilyn Norry as Juror

Peter Crook as Fisherman

Ron Snyder as Fisherman

Mark Farrell as Fisherman

Jay Brazeau as Reporter

Tom Scholte as Reporter

Timothy Burd as Reporter

Gareth Williams as FBI Agent

Anthony Harrison as FBI Agent

Adam Pospíšil as Heine Child

John Brynelsen as Heine Child

Sean Akira as Man in the Courtroom (uncredited)

Bart Anderson as Principal (uncredited)

Barry Brandt as Marine (uncredited)

Robert J. Burke Jr. as Tarawa Marine (uncredited)