Ethan Hawke

Ishmael Chambers

Youki Kudoh

Hatsue Miyamoto

Reeve Carney

Young Ishmael Chambers

Anne Suzuki

Young Hatsue Imada

Rick Yune

Kazuo Miyamoto

Max von Sydow

Nels Gudmundsson

James Rebhorn

Alvin Hooks

James Cromwell

Judge Fielding

Richard Jenkins

Sheriff Art Moran

Arija Bareikis

Susan Marie Heine

Eric Thal

Carl Heine Jr.

Celia Weston

Etta Heine

Daniel von Bargen

Carl Heine Sr.

Akira Takayama

Hisao Imada

Ako

Fujiko Imada

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Zenhichi Miyamoto

Zak Orth

Deputy Abel Martinson

Max Wright

Horace Whaley

Sam Shepard

Arthur Chambers

Caroline Kava

Helen Chambers

Jan Rubeš

Ole Jurgensen

Sheila Moore

Liesel Jurgensen

Zeljko Ivanek

Dr. Whitman

Seiji Inouye

Young Kazuo Miyamoto

Saemi Nakamura

Sumiko Imada

Mika Fujii

Yukiko Imada

Dwight McFee

Bus Driver

Bill Harper

Levant

Henry O

Nagaishi

Myles Ferguson

German Soldier

Noah Heney

Ship's Doctor

John Destry

Bailiff

A. Arthur Takemoto

Buddhist Priest

Ken Takemoto

Monk

Larry Musser

Gas Station Attendant

Jamie Kang

Singing Girl

Lili Marshall

Strawberry Girl

Lisa Mena

Strawberry Woman

Jethro Heysen-Hicks

Parade Boy with Stick

Tom Heaton

Juror

Frank C. Turner

Juror

Marilyn Norry

Juror

Peter Crook

Fisherman

Ron Snyder

Fisherman

Mark Farrell

Fisherman

Jay Brazeau

Reporter

Tom Scholte

Reporter

Timothy Burd

Reporter

Gareth Williams

FBI Agent

Anthony Harrison

FBI Agent

Adam Pospíšil

Heine Child

John Brynelsen

Heine Child

Sean Akira

Man in the Courtroom (uncredited)

Bart Anderson

Principal (uncredited)

Barry Brandt

Marine (uncredited)

Robert J. Burke Jr.

Tarawa Marine (uncredited)

Don "Tex" Clark

Staff Sergeant (uncredited)