Empress Wu

Li Li-Hua

Empress Wu Tse-Tien/ Nun Ming Kong

Zhao Lei

Emperor Tang Kao Tsung

Diana Chang Chung-Wen

Empress Wang /Wong Wong Hau

Yan Jun

Minister Chui Yau Gung

Ding Ling

Shang Kuan Wan Erh

Lok Kei

Crown Prince Hsuan

Kiu Chong

Prince Hsien/Prince Li Xian

John Law Ma

Prince Chieh/Prince Ying

Lo Wei

Minister Pei Yan

Hung Po

Poet Luo Bin Wang

Kao Pao-Shu

Lady Shang Kuan

Chan Wan-Wa

Lady He Lan

Chu Shao-Chuen

Alchemist Ming Chong Yan

Gam Tin-Chue

Court military official

King Hu

Chao Tao Sheng

Hoh Ban

Minister Zhangsun Wu Ji

Hao Li-Jen

Minister Shang Kuan Yi

Yang Chi-Ching

Minister Chu Jui Liang

Ku Wen-Chung

Censor

Chen Yu-Hsin

General Ti Jen Chieh

Paul Chang Chung

General Chang Yi Chih

Cheung Ying-Tsoi

General Chang Chang Tsung

Lee Ying

General Hsu Ching Le

Chu Mu

Teahouse customer

Su Hsiang

Officer arresting teahouse customer

Hsieh Chih

Liu Shuang

Ko Lo-Chuen

Taoist sorcerer

Li Kun

Empress Wu's eunuch

Fuk Yan-Cheng

Empress Wu's eunuch

Man Sau

Palace maid

Yue Fung-Chi

Young Shang Kuan

Li Han-Hsiang

Director

Li Han-Hsiang

Writer

Runme Shaw

Producer

Tadashi Nishimoto

Director of Photography

Chiang Hsing-Lung

Editor

Lau Yin-Fai

Costume Design

Chan Ho

Makeup Artist

Wang Shun

Original Music Composer

Tsao Nien-Lung

Art Direction

Kwong Wu

Sound Recordist

Fong Yuen

Makeup Artist