Katharine Hepburn

Character: Jade Tan

Walter Huston

Character: Ling Tan

Aline MacMahon

Character: Ling Tan's Wife

Akim Tamiroff

Character: Wu Lien

Turhan Bey

Character: Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

Hurd Hatfield

Character: Lao San Tan - Youngest Son

J. Carrol Naish

Character: Japanese Kitchen Overseer

Agnes Moorehead

Character: Third Cousin's Wife

Henry Travers

Character: Third Cousin

Robert Bice

Character: Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

Robert Lewis

Character: Captain Sato

Frances Rafferty

Character: Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife

Jacqueline deWit

Character: Wu Lien's Wife

Clarence Lung

Character: Fourth Cousin

Paul E. Burns

Character: Shen - Neighbor

Anna Demetrio

Character: Wu Sao

Lionel Barrymore

Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Character: Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Philip Ahn

Character: Leader of City People (uncredited)

Benson Fong

Character: Sudent (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Character: Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)

Abner Biberman

Character: Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

Character: Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)

Victor Wong

Character: Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Al Hill

Character: Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Character: Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Wang

Character: Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Character: Japanese Guard (uncredited)

Spencer Chan

Character: Farmer (uncredited)

Teru Shimada

Character: Villager (uncredited)