Paul Courtenay Hyu as Shin Sang-ok

Yuna Shin as Choi Eun-hee

Choi Eun-hee as Self - Actress / Various Roles

Michael Yi as Self - US Intelligence Officer

Shin Jeong-kyun as Self - Choi and Shin's Son

Shin Myung-yim as Self - Choi and Shin's Daughter

Choi Kyung-ok as Self - Choi's Brother

Iain T. A. Hall as Self - RHK Police Inspector (1975-79)

Pierre Rissient as Self - Film Critic

Lee Jang-ho as Self - Filmmaker

David Straub as Self - US SD Officer (1984-86)

Jang Jin-sun as Self - Kim's Former Court Poet

Nishida Tetsuo as Self - Film Critic

Derek Malcolm as Self - Film Critic

Dean S. Robinson as Self - Vienna US Embassy Officer (1985-87)

Shin Sang-ok as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Kim Jong-il as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Kim Il-sung as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Kim Jong-un as Self - Politician (archive footage)