Empire of the Sun：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Writing Credits

Tom Stoppard
(screenplay by): J.G. Ballard
(based on the novel by): Menno Meyjes
(uncredited)

Cast

Christian Bale
Jim: John Malkovich
Basie: Miranda Richardson
Mrs. Victor: Nigel Havers
Dr. Rawlins: Joe Pantoliano
Frank Demarest: Leslie Phillips
Maxton: Masatô Ibu
Sgt. Nagata: Emily Richard
Jim's Mother: Rupert Frazer
Jim's Father: Peter Gale
Mr. Victor: TakatarÃ´ Kataoka
Kamikaze Boy Pilot: Ben Stiller
Dainty: David Neidorf
Tiptree: Ralph Seymour
Cohen: Robert Stephens
Mr. Lockwood: Naishe Zhai
Yang: Guts Ishimatsu
Sgt. Uchida: Emma Piper
Amy Matthews: James Walker
Mr. Radik: Jack Dearlove
Singing Prisoner: Anna Turner
Mrs. Gilmour: Ann Castle
Mrs. Phillips: Yvonne Gilan
Mrs. Lockwood: Ralph Michael
Mr. Partridge: Sybil Maas
Mrs. Hug: Eric Flynn
British Prisoner: James Greene
British Prisoner: Simon Harrison
British Prisoner: Barrie Houghton
British Prisoner: Paula Hamilton
British Prisoner: Thea Ranft
British Prisoner: Tony Boncza
British Prisoner: Nigel Leach
British Prisoner: Sheridan Forbes
British Prisoner: Peter Copley
British Prisoner: Barbara Bolton
British Prisoner: Francesca Longrigg
British Prisoner: Samantha Warden
British Prisoner: Kieron Jecchinis
American Prisoner: Michael Crossman
American Prisoner: Gary Parker
American Prisoner: Ray Charleson
American Prisoner: Burt Kwouk
Mr. Chen: Tom Danaher
Colonel Marshall: Kong-Guo-Jun
Chinese Youth: Takao Yamada
Japanese Truck Driver: Hiro Arai
Japanese Sergeant - Airfield: Paul McGann
Lieutenant Price: Marc de Jonge
Frenchman: Susan Leong
Amah: Nicholas Dastor
Paul: Edith Platten
Paul's Sister: Shirley Chantrell
Chinese Cook at Detention Centre: John Moore
Mr. Pym: Ann Queensberry
Mrs. Pym: Sylvia Marriott
Mrs. Partridge: Frank Duncan
Mrs. Hug's Father: Ronald Eng
Mr. Chen's Aide: Za Chuan Ce
Shopkeeper: Shi Rui Qing
Shopkeeper: Lu Ye
Merchant: Guo Xue Liang
Merchant: Ge Yan Zhao
Merchant: Nina Armstrong
Nina: J.G. Ballard
Guest at Masquerade Party: Steve Bolan
Zero Pilot: Ken Enomoto
Japanese Soldier: Barrie Holland
European Diplomat: Theresa Renee
Prisoner of War: Paul Reynolds
Refugee: Rochelle Rose
British Prisoner: Philip Tan
Japanese Goon

Produced by

Kathleen Kennedy
producer (produced by): Chris Kenny
associate producer: Frank Marshall
producer (produced by): Robert Shapiro
executive producer: Steven Spielberg
producer (produced by)

Music by

John Williams

Cinematography by

Allen Daviau
director of photography

Editing by

Michael Kahn

Casting By

Maggie Cartier

Production Design by

Norman Reynolds

Art Direction by

Charles Bishop
supervising art director: Fred Hole
(as Frederick Hole): Rick Carter
(uncredited)

Set Decoration by

Harry Cordwell
: Michael Ford
(as Michael D. Ford): Emilio Ardura
(uncredited)

Costume Design by

Bob Ringwood

Makeup Department

Lynda Armstrong
makeup artist: Paul Engelen
key makeup artist: Betty Glasow
hairdresser: Vera Mitchell
supervising hairdresser: Daniel Parker
makeup artist: Colin Arthur
assistant make-up: Spain (uncredited): Lisa Tomblin
hairdresser (uncredited): Paquita Trench
assistant hairdresser (uncredited) / assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Diego GÃ³mez Sempere
production manager: Spain (as Diego Gomez Sempere): Ted Morley
production manager: Terry Needham
unit manager: Spain: Arthur F. Repola
post-production supervisor (as Arthur Repola): Jian Hua Shen
production manager: Shanghai Film Studios: Paul Tivers
unit production manager: China: Paul Hitchcock
executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Roy Button
second assistant director: Javier Chinchilla
first assistant director: Spain: Juan Estelrich Jr.
third assistant director: Spain (as Juan Estelrich): Steve Harding
first assistant director: second unit: Patrick Kinney
second assistant director: Tim Lewis
third assistant director: UK: Frank Marshall
second unit director: Kieron Phipps
second assistant director: UK: Ken Shane
third assistant director: David Tomblin
assistant director: Ignacio Vallejo-NÃ¡jera
third assistant director: Spain (as Ignacio Vallejo-Najera): Manuel L. CaÃ±izares
third assistant director (uncredited): Asad Qureshi
additional second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Ted Ambrose
draughtsman: Bobby Betts
stand-by painter (as Robert Betts): Brian Bishop
scenic artist: Gavin Bocquet
assistant art director: Laurence Burns
stand-by carpenter: second unit (as Lawrence Burns): Sharon Cartwright
assistant set decorator: UK: Miguel Chang
assistant art director: Spain: Peter Childs
chief draughtsman: UK: Bill Coggon
stand-by propman: second unit (as Bill J. Coggon): Norman Dorme
supervising art director: Spain: Belinda Edwards
production buyer: Maurice Fowler
supervising art director: China: George Gibbons
stand-by stagehand: Ian Giladjian
production buyer: Peter Hancock
supervising property master: Qiagui Huang
art director: Shanghai Film Studios (as Huang Qia Gui): David Jonas
production illustrator: Jim Kerr
stand-by carpenter: John King
assistant art director: Spain: Geoff Kingsley
construction manager: China unit: Philip McDonald
property master: China unit: Jonathan McKinstry
draughtsman: Dave Middleton
construction buyer: UK: Dave Midson
supervising dressing prop: Spain (as David Midson): Jim Morahan
draughtsman: Mickey Pugh
supervising stand-by props: Cliff Robinson
assistant art director: He Jiu Shen
prop buyer: Shanghai Film Studios: Ray Staples
stand-by plasterer: Ed Verreaux
production illustrator: Bill Welch
supervising construction manager: Lin Long Xing
property master: Shanghai Film Studios: Jin Ming Zhu
construction manager: China unit: Andrew Ackland-Snow
draughtsman (uncredited): John Alvin
poster artist (uncredited): Michael Boone
draughtsman (uncredited): Mick Chubbock
plasterer (uncredited): Gerardo DiÃ©guez
art department (uncredited): Paul Duff
chargehand carpenter (uncredited): Martin Duffy
supervising carpenter (uncredited): JosÃ© GarcÃa Donado
painter (uncredited): Ron Higgins
dressing props: Spain (uncredited): Derek Howarth
sculptor (uncredited): Thomas W. Lay Jr.
conceptual artist (uncredited): Gwendolyn Margetson
art department assistant (uncredited): Tony Marks
carpenter (uncredited): Brian Neighbour
supervising carpenter (uncredited): JosÃ© MarÃa Ortega
painter (uncredited): David Russell
conceptual illustrator (uncredited): Jacinto Soria
plasterer (uncredited): Adrian Start
supervising painter (uncredited): Tadeo Villalba hijo
assistant property master (uncredited)

Sound Department

Kevin Bartnof
foley artist: John Boyd
re-recording mixer: Allan Bromberg
foley editor: Charles L. Campbell
supervising sound editor: Larry Carow
sound editor: Colin Charles
sound mixer: Lucy Coldsnow-Smith
sound editor (as Lucy Coldsnow): Shep Dawe
sound maintenance: Tony Dawe
production sound mixer: Don Digirolamo
re-recording mixer: Louis L. Edemann
supervising sound editor (as Lou Edemann): Leonard T. Geschke
foley editor (as Leonard Geschke): James J. Isaacs
sound editor (as Jim Isaacs): Robert Knudson
re-recording mixer: Bobbe Kurtz
adr editor: Chuck Neely
sound editor: Mel Neiman
processed sound effects: Alan L. Nineberg
adr editor: Dan O'Connell
foley artist: John Pitt
sound maintenance: John Samworth
boom operator: Larry Singer
supervising adr editor: Roger Sword
sound editor: Gary Weir
boom operator: Guo Qiang Wu
sound engineer: Shanghai Film Studios: James Ashwill
foley mixer (uncredited): Samuel C. Crutcher
sound effects editor (uncredited): George R. Groves Jr.
re-recording mixer (uncredited): Nils C. Jensen
sound editor (uncredited): Lionel Strutt
adr mixer (uncredited): Bill Wilner
assistant adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Peter Aston
model airplane supervisor: Trevor Neighbour
senior effects technician: Antonio Parra
special effects chief: Spain: David H. Watkins
senior effects supervisor / special effects supervisor: pyrotechnician: Kit West
special effects supervisor: Antonio Bueno
special effects technician (uncredited): Yves De Bono
senior technician (uncredited): Peter Fern
special effects technician (uncredited): Terry Glass
special effects technician (uncredited): Juan Antonio GÃ³mez
special effects technician (uncredited): Jim Machin
model maker (uncredited): Nigel Nixon
special effects model maker (uncredited): MarÃa Luisa Pino
special effects/makeup assistant (uncredited): Alan Poole
special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

John Ellis
additional optical effects: ILM: Ye Mao Gen
special effects senior technician: Shanghai Film Studios: Dennis Muren
additional optical effects: Michael Pangrazio
additional optical effects: Wang Yong Qiu
special effects technician: Shanghai Film Studios: Craig Barron
matte photography supervisor (uncredited): Warren Franklin
Group VP ILM (uncredited): Michael Fulmer
model maker (uncredited): Steve Gawley
model maker (uncredited): Ned Gorman
visual effects manager (uncredited): Paul Huston
matte modelmaker (uncredited)

Stunts

Vic Armstrong
stunt coordinator: Dickey Beer
stunts: Linda Beer
assistant stunt coordinator: Michael Dubrant
stunt double: Nick Gillard
stunts: Keith Harvey
stunt double: Wendy Leech
stunts: Wayne Michaels
stunts (as Wayne David Michaels): Vic Armstrong
stunts (uncredited): Ricardo Cruz
stunts (uncredited): Philip Tan
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

David Appleby
camera grip: Peter Bloor
gaffer: Barry Brown
camera operator: James Devis
director of photography: second unit (as Jimmy Devis): Frank Elliott
focus puller: second unit, Spain: Ian Foster
clapper loader: John Foster
clapper loader: second unit, Spain: Mike Frift
camera operator: second unit: Trevor Jones
stand-by grip: second unit: Colin Manning
camera grip: John Maskall
camera operator: China and UK second unit: Roger McDonald
camera focus puller: Ray Meehan
best boy: Simon Mills
clapper loader: second unit: Xue Fu Ming
gaffer: Shanghai Film Studios: Frederick Mitchell
stand-by grip: second unit: Reggie Newkirk
first assistant camera: Eamonn O'Keeffe
camera focus puller: Brian Osborne
grip: second unit, China/UK (as Brian Osborn): Chris Pinnock
focus puller: second unit, China/UK: Mike Roberts
camera operator: Martin Beek
specialist camera devices (uncredited): Kevin Fraser
crane grip (uncredited): Peter Hodgson
video assist operator (uncredited): Billy Merrell
electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

Corinne Cartier
casting assistant: UK: Jane Feinberg
casting: USA: Mike Fenton
casting: USA: Francisco GarcÃa
crowd casting: Spain: Yuriko Matsubara
casting: Japan: Ningqi Song
casting: Shanghai Film Studios: Judy Taylor
casting: USA: Yôko Narahashi
casting assistant: Japan (uncredited): Daxing Zhang
extra casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Ken Crouch
wardrobe assistant: Spain: Dougie Hawkes
wardrobe assistant: Spain: Colette Koo
wardrobe assistant: China: Patrick Wheatley
wardrobe supervisor: Zhu Pei Zen
hairdresser: Shanghai Film Studios: Jufang Zhang
wardrobe mistress: Shanghai Film Studios (as Zhang Ju Fang): Graham Churchyard
assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Craig Bassett
associate editor: Donah Bassett
negative cutter: Martin Cohen
associate editor: Dan Farrell
assistant editor (as Danny Farrell): Brad Goodman
post-production assistant (as Bradley Goodman): Nick Moore
assistant editor: Robert Raring
color timer: Andrew Silver
assistant editor: Melissa Tynan-Lagorio
post-production coordinator: Colin Wilson
associate editor

Location Management

Kevin Berman
location security: Larry Ely
location manager: Spain: Paul Frift
location manager: China unit: Paul Shersby
location manager: UK: Shen Ye
location manager: Shanghai Film Studios

Music Department

Shawn Murphy
score mixer: Meyer Rubin
music contractor: Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator (as Herbert Spencer): Janine Wagner
choral conductor: Kenneth Wannberg
music editor: Robert Adcock
musician: cello (uncredited): Steve Amerson
score vocalist (uncredited): Jim Atkinson
musician: french horn (uncredited): Israel Baker
musician: violin (uncredited): Timothy Barr
musician: bass (uncredited): Samela A. Beasom
score vocalist (uncredited): Arnold Belnick
musician: violin (uncredited): Tom Boyd
musician: oboe soloist (uncredited) / oboe soloist (uncredited): Leanna Brand
score vocalist (uncredited): Aleta Braxton
score vocalist (uncredited): Denyse Buffum
musician: viola (uncredited): Larry Bunker
musician: percussion (uncredited): Ken Burwood-Hoy
musician: viola (uncredited): Darius Campo
musician: violin (uncredited): Stuart Canin
musician: violin (uncredited): Elin Carlson
chorus (uncredited): Herman Clebanoff
musician: violin (uncredited): Ronald Cooper
musician: cello (uncredited): Alexander Courage
orchestrator (uncredited): Harry Cykman
musician: violin (uncredited): Douglas Davis
musician: cello (uncredited): Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn (uncredited): James Decker
musician: french horn (uncredited): Alan DeVeritch
musician: viola (uncredited): Burnette Dillon
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Bob DiVall
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Bonnie Jean Douglas
musician: violin (uncredited): David Duke
musician: french horn (uncredited): Bruce Dukov
musician: violin (uncredited): Arni Egilsson
musician: bass (uncredited): Joan Elardo
musician: oboe (uncredited): Dominick Fera
musician: clarinet (uncredited): Richard Feves
musician: bass (uncredited): Elizabeth Finch
music copyist (uncredited): Ron Folsom
musician: violin (uncredited): James Getzoff
musician: violin (uncredited): Pamela Goldsmith
musician: viola (uncredited): Ralph Grierson
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Mario Guarneri
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Linda Harmon
score vocalist (uncredited): Clayton Haslop
musician: violin (uncredited): Donald Hermanns
musician: bass (uncredited): The Hollywood Studio Symphony
music performed by (uncredited): Carrie Holzman-Little
musician: viola (uncredited): Barbara Hunter
musician: cello (uncredited): Angie Jaree
score vocalist (uncredited): Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba (uncredited): Anatol Kaminsky
musician: violin (uncredited): Jo Ann Kane
supervising music copyist (uncredited): Jim Kanter
musician: clarinet (uncredited): Alan Kaplan
musician: trombone (uncredited): Armand Kaproff
musician: cello (uncredited): Nathan Kaproff
musician: violin (uncredited): Dennis Karmazyn
musician: cello (uncredited): Roland Kato
musician: viola (uncredited): Myra Kestenbaum
musician: viola (uncredited): Raphael Kramer
musician: cello (uncredited): Janet Lakatos
musician: viola (uncredited): Michael Lang
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Kathleen Lenski
musician: violin (uncredited): Peter Limonick
musician: percussion (uncredited): Melissa MacKay
score vocalist (uncredited): Arthur Maebe
musician: french horn (uncredited): Michael Markman
musician: violin (uncredited): Kazu Matsui
musician: asian flute (uncredited): Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet soloist (uncredited): Bruce Morgenthaler
musician: bass (uncredited): Ralph Morrison
musician: violin (uncredited): Kenneth Munday
musician: bassoon (uncredited): Richard Nash
musician: trombone (uncredited): Irma Neumann
musician: violin (uncredited): Barbara Northcutt
musician: oboe (uncredited): Mike Nowak
musician: viola (uncredited): Michael O'Donovan
musician: bassoon (uncredited): Richard Perissi
musician: french horn (uncredited): Kazi Pitelka
musician: viola (uncredited): Joe Porcaro
musician: percussion (uncredited): Debra M. Price
musician: violin (uncredited): Gloria Grace Prosper
score vocalist (uncredited): Sue Ranney
musician: bass (uncredited): Michael Redman
score vocalist (uncredited): Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp (uncredited): Emil Richards
musician: percussion (uncredited): David Riddles
musician: bassoon (uncredited): David Romano
score vocalist (uncredited): Sheldon Sanov
musician: violin (uncredited): Frederick Seykora
musician: cello (uncredited): David Shamban
musician: cello (uncredited): Haim Shtrum
musician: violin (uncredited): Paul Shure
musician: violin (uncredited): Henry Sigismonti
musician: french horn (uncredited): Tina Soule
musician: cello (uncredited): David Speltz
musician: cello (uncredited): John Steinmetz
musician: bassoon (uncredited): George F. Sterne
score vocalist (uncredited): Sally Stevens
singer (uncredited): Susie Stevens-Logan
score vocalist (uncredited): Sheridon Stokes
musician: flute (uncredited): Linn Subotnick
musician: viola (uncredited): Chet Swiatkowsky
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Phillip A. Teele
musician: trombone (uncredited): Jeremy Thale
music copyist (uncredited): James Thatcher
musician: French horn (uncredited): Milton Thomas
musician: viola (uncredited): Richard Todd
musician: french horn (uncredited): Louise Di Tullio
musician: flute (uncredited): Lloyd Ulyate
musician: trombone (uncredited): Ian Underwood
musician: keyboards (uncredited): James Walker
musician: flute (uncredited): John Walz
musician: cello (uncredited): Miwako Watanabe
musician: violin (uncredited): Ken Watson
musician: percussion (uncredited): Don Williams
musician: percussion (uncredited): Jerry Williams
musician: percussion (uncredited): John Williams
conductor (uncredited): Ralph Williams
musician: clarinet (uncredited): Kari Windingstad
score vocalist (uncredited): Kenneth Yerke
musician: violin (uncredited): Graham Young
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Bob Zimmitti
musician: percussion (uncredited): Mihail Zinovyev
musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Nikki Clapp
script supervisor: Annie Penn
script supervisor: second unit (as Anne Wotton)

Transportation Department

Juan Luis Grande
facilities driver: Brian Hathaway
transportation coordinator: Colin Morris
personal driver: Christian Bale: Mark White
transportation: Joel Marrow
transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Margaret Adams
production coordinator: Jin Zhi Bai
propman: Shanghai Film Studios: Kate Barker
assistant: Ms. Kennedy, USA: Ren Yi Biao
accountant: Shanghai Film Studios: Irena Butcher
location accountant: China unit: Marianne Campbell
secretary to Mr. Spielberg: Ignacio CastellvÃ
interpreter: Spain: Sonia Chang
interpreter: Spain: Mishka Chen
production associate: Murray Close
unit stillman: Bill Coggon
second unit stand-by propman (as Bill J. Coggon): Tom Danaher
aerial unit chief zero pilot: Yves De Bono
senior effects technician: John Evetts
aerial unit chief engineer: Val Farmer
assistant production accountant: Carlos FernÃ¡ndez
interpreter: Spain: Gerald Fitzsimon
location accountant: Spain: Antony Ford
production assistant (as Anthony Ford): Shane Fry
stand-in: Jim: Antonio GarcÃa
accountant: Spain: Martin Gates
dialogue coach: Wen Yong Ge
propman: Shanghai Film Studios: Bibiana Gonzalez-Gordon
publicity assistant: Spain: James Good
aerial unit coordinator: James Graham
production associate: Mark Hanna
aerial unit mustang pilot: Ray Hanna
aerial unit chief mustang pilot: Barbara Harley
assistant: Ms. Kennedy: UK: Jeff Hawke
interpreter: Spain: Lil Heyman
production assistant: Sharon Jiang
production interpreter: China unit: Yuan Miao Jun
interpreter: Shanghai Film Studios: Adam King
stand-in: Jim: Kiji Kusuhara
Japanese interpreter: Spain: Sun Li
production interpreter: China unit: Eve Mavrakis
production interpreter: China unit: Margarita McDermott
production coordinator: Spain: Roy Merchant
stand-in: Jim: Trilby Norton
production coordinator: Spain: Hoof Proudfoot
aerial unit mustang pilot: Ma Qiang
china film co-production liaison: China unit: Bonne Radford
production controller: Mary T. Radford
assistant: Mr. Marshall: Jennie Raglan
production coordinator: Yafei Ren
china film co-production liaison: China unit (as Ren Ya Fei): Glynis Robertson
assistant: Mr. Kenny: Javier Sacristán
assistant crowd control: David Saldaña
interpreter: Spain (as David Saldana): Shi Li Sha
production assistant: Shanghai Film Studios: Michael Shevloff
production assistant: Robin Skelton
secretary: Mr. Marshall: Mike Smith
supervising production accountant: Ann Tasker
unit publicist: Samantha Thomas
production assistant: Rebecca West
Publicity Assistant: Janet Yang
project consultant: China unit: Ann Yen
production interpreter: China unit: Mark Albela
production runner (uncredited): Robert C. Campion
assistant accountant (uncredited): Robin Demetriou
catering supervisor (uncredited): Lillian Michelson
researcher (uncredited): Tina Simmons
stand-in: Miranda Richardson (uncredited): Sarah Teboul
assistant location accountant (uncredited): Mark Valenti
research (uncredited)