Katharine Hepburn
Jade Tan
Walter Huston
Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon
Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff
Wu Lien
Turhan Bey
Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield
Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish
Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead
Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers
Third Cousin
Robert Bice
Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son
Robert Lewis
Captain Sato
Frances Rafferty
Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit
Wu Lien's Wife
Clarence Lung
Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns
Shen - Neighbor
Anna Demetrio
Wu Sao
Lionel Barrymore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Philip Ahn
Leader of City People (uncredited)
Benson Fong
Sudent (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)
Abner Biberman
Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)
Victor Wong
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Al Hill
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Jay Novello
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Richard Wang
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
Japanese Guard (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Farmer (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
Villager (uncredited)