Cho Jae-hyun as Choi Min-jae

Cha In-pyo as Lee Sang-hyun

Ahn Sung-ki as South Korean President

Moon Sung-keun as Kwon Yong-hwan

Kang Shin-il as Kim Yoo-sik

Kim Sang-joong as South Korean Emperor Gojong

Kang Soo-youn as Empress Min

Baek Il-seob as North Korean National Defense Committee Member

Dokgo Young-jae as Commander of Naval Operations

Choi Il-hwa as Director of National Intelligence

Park Yong-su as South Korean President's Chief of Staff

Lee Han-wi as Evacuation Team Member

Park Gil-su as Evacuation Team Member

Jung Ho-keun as Major General Okamoto

Jo Min-jun as Japanese Killer

Jung-sung Lee as NIS Agent (uncredited)

Yoo Chae-mok as anchor (voice) (uncredited)

Kim Eung-soo as Ambassador Oyama

Lee Kan-hee as First Lady

Kwon Tae-won as Secretary of Defense

Min Young as Palace Maid

Choi Jung-woo as

Song Keum-Sik as Japanese Soldier

Lee Il-sub as Lee Gyeong-jik

Lee Jong-mun as Prime minister aide

Kim Hong-taek as Worker

Shin Jung-yoon as Crown prince