Katharine Hepburn as Jade Tan

Walter Huston as Ling Tan

Aline MacMahon as Ling Tan's Wife

Akim Tamiroff as Wu Lien

Turhan Bey as Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

Hurd Hatfield as Lao San Tan - Youngest Son

J. Carrol Naish as Japanese Kitchen Overseer

Agnes Moorehead as Third Cousin's Wife

Henry Travers as Third Cousin

Robert Bice as Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

Robert Lewis as Captain Sato

Frances Rafferty as Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife

Jacqueline deWit as Wu Lien's Wife

Clarence Lung as Fourth Cousin

Paul E. Burns as Shen - Neighbor

Anna Demetrio as Wu Sao

Lionel Barrymore as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Philip Ahn as Leader of City People (uncredited)

Benson Fong as Sudent (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie as Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)

Abner Biberman as Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)

Ted Hecht as Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)

Victor Wong as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Al Hill as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Jay Novello as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Wang as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt as Japanese Guard (uncredited)

Spencer Chan as Farmer (uncredited)

Teru Shimada as Villager (uncredited)