David Bowie
as Celliers

Tom Conti
as Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Yonoi

Takeshi Kitano
as Hara

Jack Thompson
as Hicksley

Johnny Ohkura
as Kanemoto

Alistair Browning
as De Jong

James Malcolm
as Celliers' Brother

Chris Broun
as Celliers (12 Years)

Yuya Uchida
as Commandant of Military Prison

Ryūnosuke Kaneda
as President of the Court

Takashi Naito
as Lieutenant Iwata

Tamio Ishikura
as Prosecutor

Rokkō Toura
as Interpreter

Kan Mikami
as Lieutenant Itō

Yūji Honma
as PFC Yajima

Daisuke Iijima
as Corporal Ueki

Hideo Murota
as New Commandant of Camp

Barry Dorking
as Chief Doctor

Geoff Clendon
as Australian Doctor

Grant Bridger
as P.O.W. Officer

Richard Adams
as P.O.W. #1

Geoff Allen
as P.O.W. #2

Michael Baxter-Lax
as P.O.W. #3

Mark Berg
as P.O.W. #4

Marcus Campbell
as P.O.W. #5

Colin Francis
as P.O.W. #6

Richard Hensby
as P.O.W. #7

Richard Hoare
as P.O.W. #8

Martin Ibbertson
as P.O.W. #9

Rob Jayne
as P.O.W. #10

Richard Mills
as P.O.W. #11

Mark Penrose
as P.O.W. #12

Arthur Ranford
as P.O.W. #13

Steve Smith
as P.O.W. #14

Stephen Taylor
as P.O.W. #15

Richard Zimmerman
as P.O.W. #16

Ian Miller
as English Guard

Don Stevens
as Pastor

Yōichi Iijima
as Japanese Soldier #1

Satoshi Itō
as Japanese Soldier #2

Masaki Kusakabe
as Japanese Soldier #3

Kunihide Kuruma
as Japanese Soldier #4

Hiroshi Mikami
as Japanese Soldier #5

Akihiro Masuda
as Japanese Soldier #6

Tokuhisa Masuda
as Japanese Soldier #7

Takeshi Nagasawa
as Japanese Soldier #8

Takashi Odashima
as Japanese Soldier #9

Masanori Okada
as Japanese Soldier #10

Shoetsu Sato
as Japanese Soldier #11

Rintaro Shibata
as Japanese Soldier #12

Masamichi Shibasaki
as Japanese Soldier #13

Kaname Shimura
as Japanese Soldier #14

Kenzo Shirahama
as Japanese Soldier #15

Hisao Takeda
as Japanese Soldier #16

Hidenobu Togo
as Japanese Soldier #17

Atsuo Yamashita
as Japanese Soldier #18

Heiwa Yoshihara
as Japanese Soldier #19

Takeshi Yū
as Japanese Soldier #20