 | Vivian Wu als Nagiko |
 | Yoshi Oida als The Publisher |
 | Ken Ogata als The Father |
 | Hideko Yoshida als The Aunt / The Maid |
 | Ewan McGregor als Jerome |
 | Yutaka Honda als Hoki |
 | Judy Ongg als The Mother |
 | Ken Mitsuishi als The Husband |
 | Barbara Lott als Jerome's Mother |
| Lynne Langdon als Jerome's sister |
 | Ronald Guttman als Calligrapher |
 | Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon |
| Sei Shonagon | Writer |
| Chris Wyatt | Editor |
| Peter Greenaway | Editor |
| Peter Greenaway | Writer |
| Peter Greenaway | Director |
| Sacha Vierny | Director of Photography |
| Abi Cohen | Casting |
| Aimi O | Casting |
| Carrie O'Brien | Casting |
| Hitomi Ishihara | Casting |
| Liora Reich | Casting |
| Kôichi Hamamura | Production Design |
| Kees Kasander | Producer |
| Hiroto Oonogi | Production Design |
| Wilbert Van Dorp | Production Design |
| Sara Meerman | Makeup Artist |
| Otto Snel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Seiji Arai | Makeup Artist |
| Noriyuki Tanaka | Production Design |
| Cliff Jones | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Andrée Putman | Production Design |
| Martin Margiela | Costume Design |
| Dien van Straalen | Costume Design |
| Julian Slater | Sound Effects Editor |
| Shoko Ishigaki | Makeup Artist |
| Noriko Sato | Makeup Artist |
| Kyôko Toyokawa | Makeup Artist |
| Willemijn Loivers | Production Design |
| Koji Tatsuno | Costume Design |
| Vivian Nowak | Makeup Artist |
| Cathy Folmer | Makeup Artist |
| Tom Reeve | Executive Producer |
| Denis Wigman | Executive Producer |
| Terry Glinwood | Executive Producer |
| Jean-Louis Piel | Executive Producer |
| Brian Eno | Original Music Composer |
| Ben Zuydwijk | Painter |
