Lee Kang-sheng as Kang / The Director

Lu Yi-ching as Kang's Mother

Fanny Ardant as The Producer / Queen Herodias

Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine / King Herode

Laetitia Casta as The Star / Salomé

Norman Atun as Man in the Boat

Jeanne Moreau as Jeanne

Nathalie Baye as Nathalie

Mathieu Amalric as Man in Bushes

Chen Shiang-Chyi as

Chen Chao-jung as

Yang Kuei-mei as

Tsai Ming-liang as

Samuel Ganes as The Bush Boy

François Rimbau as Stage Manager

Olivier Martinaud as The Young Father