David Bowie as Celliers

Tom Conti as Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto as Yonoi

Takeshi Kitano as Hara

Jack Thompson as Hicksley

Johnny Ohkura as Kanemoto

Alistair Browning as De Jong

James Malcolm as Celliers' Brother

Chris Broun as Celliers (12 Years)

Yuya Uchida as Commandant of Military Prison

Ryūnosuke Kaneda as President of the Court

Takashi Naito as Lieutenant Iwata

Tamio Ishikura as Prosecutor

Rokkō Toura as Interpreter

Kan Mikami as Lieutenant Itō

Yūji Honma as PFC Yajima

Daisuke Iijima as Corporal Ueki

Hideo Murota as New Commandant of Camp

Barry Dorking as Chief Doctor

Geoff Clendon as Australian Doctor

Grant Bridger as P.O.W. Officer

Richard Adams as P.O.W. #1

Geoff Allen as P.O.W. #2

Michael Baxter-Lax as P.O.W. #3

Mark Berg as P.O.W. #4

Marcus Campbell as P.O.W. #5

Colin Francis as P.O.W. #6

Richard Hensby as P.O.W. #7

Richard Hoare as P.O.W. #8

Martin Ibbertson as P.O.W. #9

Rob Jayne as P.O.W. #10

Richard Mills as P.O.W. #11

Mark Penrose as P.O.W. #12

Arthur Ranford as P.O.W. #13

Steve Smith as P.O.W. #14

Stephen Taylor as P.O.W. #15

Richard Zimmerman as P.O.W. #16

Ian Miller as English Guard

Don Stevens as Pastor

Yōichi Iijima as Japanese Soldier #1

Satoshi Itō as Japanese Soldier #2

Masaki Kusakabe as Japanese Soldier #3

Kunihide Kuruma as Japanese Soldier #4

Hiroshi Mikami as Japanese Soldier #5

Akihiro Masuda as Japanese Soldier #6

Tokuhisa Masuda as Japanese Soldier #7

Takeshi Nagasawa as Japanese Soldier #8

Takashi Odashima as Japanese Soldier #9

Masanori Okada as Japanese Soldier #10

Shoetsu Sato as Japanese Soldier #11

Rintaro Shibata as Japanese Soldier #12

Masamichi Shibasaki as Japanese Soldier #13

Kaname Shimura as Japanese Soldier #14

Kenzo Shirahama as Japanese Soldier #15

Hisao Takeda as Japanese Soldier #16

Hidenobu Togo as Japanese Soldier #17

Atsuo Yamashita as Japanese Soldier #18

Heiwa Yoshihara as Japanese Soldier #19

Takeshi Yū as Japanese Soldier #20