Chow Yun-Fat as Chancellor Cao Cao

Liu Yifei as Ling Ju / Diao Chan

Hiroshi Tamaki as Mu Shun

Alec Su as Emperor Xian of Han

Annie Shizuka Inoh as Empress Fu Shou

Yao Lu as Imperial Physician Ji Ben

Ni Dahong as Lord Fu Wan

Bao Jianfeng as Lu Bu

Chi Cheng as Xu Chu

Qu Quancheng as Cao Zhi

Samuel Pang King-Chi as Cao Xiu

Temur Gang as Warrior

Wang Shengli as Warrior

Law Kar-Ying as Jian Bo

Zhang Dong as Warrior

Wang Zezong as Cao Ren

Qiu Xinzhi as Cao Pi

Zhang Zimu as Ling Ju (Child)

Liu Jieyi as Mu Shun

Guo Qing as Ji Miao

Qi Hang as Warrior

Tian Ruihui as Mu Yan

Xu Zhanwei as Warrior

Niu Ben as Old Eunuch

Lai Xi as Court Eunuch

Wang Baoguang as Xu Gui

Wang Yuzheng as Cao Zhi

Wang Hongqian as Xia Houdun

Ma Yuan as Miao