 | Shu Qi als May / Courtesan / Jing |
 | Chang Chen als Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen |
 | Su-jen Liao als Hostess / Madam / Jing's Mother |
| Mei Di als May's Mother / Madam / Aunt |
| Chen Shi-Zheng als Haruko / Ah Mei / Blue |
| Lee Pei-Hsuan als Yue / Mickey |
 | Mei Fang als Old Woman |
 | Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen |
| Hou Hsiao-hsien | Author |
| Chang Hua-Fu | Producer |
| Liao Ching-Sung | Editor |
| Hou Hsiao-hsien | Director |
| Chu Tien-wen | Author |
| Huang Wen-Ying | Producer |
| Liao Ching-Sung | Producer |
| Mark Lee Ping-Bing | Director of Photography |
| Lim Giong | Original Music Composer |
| Huang Wen-Ying | Production Design |
| Tu Duu-chih | Sound Designer |
| Chang-Lung Kuo | Production Assistant |
