Leon Lai Ming as Mei Lanfang

Zhang Ziyi as Meng Xiaodong

Sun Honglei as Qiu Rubai

Chen Hong as Fu Zhifang

Yu Shaoqun as Young Mei Lanfang

Wang Xueqi as Shi San

Masanobu Ando as Ryuichi Tanaka

Pan Yueming as Zhi Huifang

Yin Zhi as Wang Weichen

Li Bin as Qiu's Mother

Wu Gang as Fei Er Ye

Ying Da as Feng Zi-guang

Shaohua Zhang as Song Ma

Gillian Chung as

Shi Xiaoman as Ma San