Leslie Cheung as Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi

Zhang Fengyi as Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou

Gong Li as Juxian

Lü Qi as Master Guan

Ying Da as Manager

Ge You as Master Yuan Shiqing

Lei Han as Xiao Si

Tong Di as Zhang the Eunuch

Yin Zhi as Teenage Douzi

Ma Mingwei as Young Douzi

Zhao Hailong as Teenage Shitou

Fei Zhenxiang as Young Shitou

Yang Yong Chao as Young Xiao Laizi

Huang Fei as Old Master

Jiang Wenli as Douzi's Mother

Zhi Yitong as Aoki Saburo

Li Chun as Teenage Xiao Si

David Wu as Red Guard

Shen Huifen as Cai Feng

Huang Lei as Little Hooligan

Fang Zheng as Client

Sui Yongqing as Madam

Yang Lixin as Douzi (voice)