John Lone as Pu Yi (Adult)

Joan Chen as Wan Jung

Peter O'Toole as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)

Ruocheng Ying as The Governor

Victor Wong as Chen Pao Shen

Dennis Dun as Big Li

Ryuichi Sakamoto as Amakasu

Maggie Han as Eastern Jewel

Ric Young as Interrogator

Vivian Wu as Wen Hsiu

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Chang

Jade Go as Ar Mo

Fumihiko Ikeda as Yoshioka

Richard Vuu as Pu Yi (3 years)

Tsou Tijger as Pu Yi (8 years)

Tao Wu as Pu Yi (15 years)

Guang Fan as Pu Chieh (Adult)

Henry Kyi as Pu Chieh (7 years)

Alvin Riley III as Pu Chieh (14 years)

Lisa Lu as Tzu Hsui

Hideo Takamatsu as General Ishikari

Hajime Tachibana as Japanese Translator

Basil Pao as Prince Chun

Henry O as Lord Chamberlain

Chen Kaige as Captain of Imperial Guard

Liangbin Zhang as Big Foot

Wenjie Huang as Hunchback

Dong Liang as Lady Aisin-Gioro

Zhendong Dong as Old Doctor

Jiechen Dong as Doctor

Constantine Gregory as Oculist

Huaikuei Soong as Lung Yu

Ruzhen Shao as First High Consort

Yu Li as Second High Consort

Guangli Li as Third High Consort

Chunqing Xu as Grey Eyes

Zhang Tianmin as Old Tutor

Hongnian Luo as Sleeping Old Tutor

Shihong Yu as Hsiao Hsiu

Jun Wu as Wen Hsiu (12 years)

Lucia Hwong as Lady of the Book

Jingping Cui as Lady of the Pen

Shi Liang as Republican Officer

Junguo Gu as Tang

Xu Tongrui as Captain of Feng's Army

Fusheng Li as Minister of Trade

Chen Shu as Chang Chinghui

Shuyan Cheng as Lady Hiro Saga

Daxing Zhang as Tough Warder

Ruigang Zu as Second Warder

Yuan Jin as Party Boss

Akira Ikuta as Japanese Doctor

Michael Vermaaten as American

Matthew Spender as Englishman

Cai Hongxiang as Scarface (uncredited)

Glen Murphy as Captain (uncredited)

Biao Wang as Prisoner (uncredited)