Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ang Lee

Writing Credits

Eileen Chang
(story)
James Schamus
(screenplay)
Hui-Ling Wang
(screenplay)

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Mr. Yee
Tang Wei
Wong Chia Chi / Mrs. Mak
Joan Chen
Mrs. Yee
Leehom Wang
Kuang Yu Min
Chung-Hua Tou
Old Wu
Zhi-Ying Zhu
Lai Shu Jin
Ying-Hsuan Kao
Huang Lei
Lawrence Ko
Liang Jun Sheng
Johnson Yuen
Auyang Ling Wen / Mr. Mak
Kar Lok Chin
Tsao
Yan Su
Mrs. Ma
Saifei He
Mrs. Hsiao
Ruhui Song
Wang's Aunt
Hui-Ling Wang
Mrs. Liao
Jie Liu
Mrs. Leung
Anupam Kher
Khalid Saiduddin
Akiko Takeshita
Japanese Tavern Boss Lady
Hayato Fujiki
Japanese Colonel Sato
Seto Masumi
Geisha in Japanese Tavern
Noriko Kohyama
Musician in Japanese Tavern
Yu-Lai Cheng
HKU Theater Audience (Female)
Shi Hong
Woman at Police Line
Deng Wei
Prostitute in Brothel
Lisa Lu
Mahjong partner of Aunt
Li Dou
Old Man at Bookstore
Shayam Pathak
Jewelry Shopkeeper
Zhang-Ping Gu
Hong Kong Tailor
Bo-Wen Gao
Male Ping-Tan Singer
Yu Qun
Female Ping-Tan Singer
Yat-Tung Lau
HKU Theater Audience
Jacob J Ziacan
Western Student
Yuji Kojima
Japanese Commander Taicho
Mizogomi Yoko
Japanese Teacher
Minamikata Fumika
Japanese Tavern Waitress
Anys Fatnassi
New Kiessling Cafe Waiter
Ya Jun Tang
Tricycle Cab Waiter
Lin Wang
Mrs. Liao

Produced by

Lloyd Chao
associate producer
William Kong
producer
Ang Lee
producer
David Lee
co-producer
Er-Dong Liu
line producer
Zhonglun Ren
executive producer
James Schamus
executive producer
Darren Shaw
executive producer
Dai Song
executive producer
Doris Tse
co-producer

Music by

Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by

Rodrigo Prieto

Editing by

Tim Squyres

Casting By

Rosanna Ng

Production Design by

Sai-Wan Lau
Lai Pan

Art Direction by

Kwok-Wing Chong
(as Joel Chong)
Jeffrey Kong
(assistant art director, malaysia only)
Che Kiu Lam
(as Eric Lam)
Sai-Wan Lau
Bill Lui
Alex Mok
Synderela Peng
(as Synderella Peng)

Costume Design by

Lai Pan

Makeup Department

Suyuan Chen
makeup department head

Production Management

Gerry Robert Byrne
post-production supervisor
Yuk Wah Cheung
unit manager (as Cheung Yuk Wha)
Eric Fong
production manager
Chiu Wah Lee
production manager (as Lee Chiu Wah)
Chi-On Leung
assistant production manager (as Leung Chi On)
Wai-On Leung
production manager
Yindy Leung
assistant production manager
Yen San Michelle Lo
production manager (as Michelle Lo)
Mei-Fun Mok
assistant production manager (as Mok Mei Fun)
Shun-Choi Ngai
assistant production manager (as Ngai Shun Choi)
Wai Luen Pang
production manager (as Pang Wai Luen)
Bin Shen
set manager
Ching-Ngan Tam
assistant production manager (as Connie Tam)
Chi-Wah Tse
unit manager (as Tse Chi Wah)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Lim Lay Kuen
second assistant director: Malaysia (as Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen)
Tze-Hung Lam
second assistant director
David Low
second assistant director: Malaysia
Rosanna Ng
first assistant director
Jie Wu
third assistant director: Shanghai
Jinzhan Zhang
additional assistant director: crowd, Shanghai

Art Department

Wai-Tong Bo
prop assistant
Chun-Ting Chan
prop assistant (as Chan Chun Ting)
Koon Kiu Cheung
prop assistant (as Cheung Koon Kiu)
Wai Yin Ching
prop master (as Ching Wai Yin)
Olivia Chong
assistant art director
Men Chow
prop assistant (as Chow Men)
Tak-Keung Chu
prop assistant (as Chu Tak Keung)
Cinnie Fung
assistant art director
Pak Shing Lai
prop master (as Lai Pak Shing)
Kin-Wai Lee
assistant art director
Ying Wah Leung
prop assistant (as Leung Ying Wah)
Fion Li
assistant art director
Di Liu
assistant art director
Michael Wong
construction manager
Sai-Kit Wong
prop master (as Wong Sai Kit)

Sound Department

Leslie Bloome
foley artist (as Leslie Bloom)
Marko A. Costanzo
foley artist
Chris Fielder
assistant sound editor
Mark Filip
sound effects editor
Eugene Gearty
re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Frank Kern
supervising foley editor
Drew Kunin
sound mixer
George A. Lara
foley mixer
Jane McCulley
adr editor
Katherine Gordon Miller
assistant sound effects editor (as Katherine Miller)
Branka Mrkic
dialogue editor (as Branka Mrkic-Tana)
Jessica Parks
apprentice sound editor
Reuben Simon
foley editor / sound editor
Wyatt Sprague
sound effects editor
Reilly Steele
re-recording mixer
Philip Stockton
supervising sound editor
Betty P. Teng
associate adr editor (as Betty Teng)
Roland Vajs
assistant adr editor
Steven Visscher
foley editor
William Chu
sound intern (uncredited)
Alex Thong
sound assistant: Malaysia (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Shui Tim Chi
special effects (as Chi Shui Tim)

Visual Effects by

Mandy Au
lighter: Mr X
Sandeep Bachhe
head of compositing / lead compositor
Sarah Barber
visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Aaron Barclay
compositing lead
Michael Becki
digital compositor (as Mike Becki)
Barb Benoit
digital compositor
Dennis Berardi
visual effects executive producer: Mr X
Kristy Blackwell
digital compositor
Jeff Briant
visual effects production assistant: Mr X Inc.
Dan Carnegie
visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc.
Hubert Chan
visual effects artist: animation and tracking, Mr X
Jason Chan
digital compositor: Mr X
Vasistha Chawda
visual effects artist
Cyril Frederick Chu
digital modeling and texturing artist: Mr X (as Fred Chu)
Ovidiu Cinazan
digital compositor
Patrick Clancey
digital opticals
Rob Del Ciancio
digital compositor
Jeremy Dineen
visual effects animator
Anand Dorairaj
digital compositor
Mai-Ling Dydo
digital modeling and texturing artist: Mr X (as Mai-Ling Lee)
Jason Edwardh
tracking lead
David Fix
senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc
Zachary J. Gans
visual effects production assistant: Mr. X Inc.
Matt Glover
visual effects production assistant
Omar Gudjonsson
digital compositor
Annu Gulati
digital compositor
Timo Huber
digital compositor
Dushyant Kashyap
digital effects artist
Miklos Kozary
digital compositor: Mr X. Inc.
Kenny Lam
digital compositor (as Ken Lam)
Phillip Lang
digital compositor: Mr X (as Phillip Lange)
Shun Sing Edward Lee
senior digital compositor: Mr X (as Edward Lee)
Deepa Makhija
digital compositor
Aisha Malik
visual effects production assistant: Mr X
Elliot Mallon
modeller
Anshul Mathuria
digital compositor
Jim Maxwell
matte painter: Mr. X Inc
Sarah McMurdo
visual effects producer
Bhavik Mehta
digital compositor
Sean Mills
digital modeling and texturing artist: Mr X
Daniel Mizuguchi
animation supervisor: Mr X
Jaideep Mohan
digital compositor
Ian Morehead
digital compositor
Mike Mulock
visual effects artist: animation and tracking, Mr X (as Michael Mulock)
Jesh Krishna Murthy
visual effects (as Jesh Murthy)
Sunny Nair
matte painter
Kevin Quatman
compositing lead: Mr. X Inc
Matt Ralph
digital effects artist: animation and tracking, Mr X
Dominic Remane
lighting lead
Chris Ross
digital effects scanning
Vishal Rustgi
visual effects artist
Ankur Sachdev
digital compositor
Matt Schofield
matte painter: Mr. X Inc
Ruchira Sharma
digital compositor
Carolyn Shelby
compositing assistant: Mr X / digital effects artist
Ben Simons
senior technical supervisor
Danita Slaughter
digital opticals editor
Gavin Soares
visual effects artist: animation and tracking, Mr X
Tamara Stone
digital compositor: Mr X
Jim Su
visual effects artist: animation and tracking, Mr X
Brendan Taylor
visual effects supervisor: Mr. X Inc.
David Thompson
digital compositor
John-John Traoré
digital compositor: Mr X (as Jean Philip Traore) / flame artist (as Jean-Philippe Traoré)
Michael Turoff
visual effects
Lisa Tutunjian
digital intermediate editor
Armando Velazquez
digital compositor: Mr X (as Armando Velasquez)
Aaron Weintraub
digital compositor: Mr X
Brianne Wells
preliminary visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc
Fiona Campbell Westgate
senior visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc
Kyle Yoneda
effects animator
Wojciech Zielinski
cg supervisor: Mr.X Inc
Thomas Mathai
data manager (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson
digital colorist assist (uncredited)

Stunts

Kar Lok Chin
stunt coordinator
Pok Yan Leung
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Edmond Chan
first assistant camera
Perry Ho
first assistant camera: second unit
Jai Ip
steadicam operator
Louis Jong
key grip
Kenny Lam
first assistant camera
Man-Ching Ng
gaffer
Kubbie Tsoi
assistant camera

Casting Department

David H. Kramer
adr voice casting
Hsiu-Luan Lee
additional casting: Taiwan (as Lee Hsiu Luan)
Khan Lee
additional casting: Taiwan
Ronnie Shum
casting coordinator
Angelika Wang
additional casting: Taiwan

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Connie Au-Yeung
wardrobe supervisor (as Connie Au Yeung)
Fung-San Lui
wardrobe supervisor
Ha-Fong Luk
wardrobe assistant (as Luk Ha Fung)
Miriam
assistant wardrobes
Po Yee Wong
assistant wardrobes (as Boey Wong)

Editorial Department

Kenny Becker
color timer
Stephen Byrne
assistant digital intermediate producer
George Chavez
color timer
Roland Eisinger
digital intermediate scanning & recording operator
Lee Engelmann
color timer
Tom Engelmann
color timer (as Tom Englemann)
Chris Hinton
color timer
Gary Levy
first assistant editor
Yvan Lucas
colorist
Tom Mayclim
negative cutter
Christian Prejza
digital intermediate producer (as Chris Prejza)
Tom Reiser
colorist assist: Efilm
Lisa Tutunjian
digital intermediate editor
Caleb Wisdorf
post-production coordinator
James Yazbeck
telecine assistant
Brian George
colorist: Efilm (uncredited)

Location Management

Aw Bert
location manager
Junjie Zhao
location manager

Music Department

Odile Abrel
harp
Paul Altomari
soundtrack coordinator
Emmanuel André
violin
Jean-Philippe Audin
cello
Jean-Pascal Beintus
additional orchestrator
David Bergeaud
composer: additional music
Christine Bergren
music consultant / music legal and clearance
Benjamin Berlioz
double bass
Lise Berthaud
viola
Igor Boranian
double bass
David Braccini
violin
Christopher Briquet
orchestra contractor (as Christophe Briquet)
Virginie Buscail
violin
Benjamin Caillaud
assistant music engineer
Michael Colier
assistant music engineer
Cecile Coutelier
music assistant engineer
Gisele David
music preparation
Françoise de Maubus
harp
Françoise Demaubus
harp
Alexandre Desplat
conductor / orchestrator
Andrew Dudman
score mixer / score recording engineer
Xavier Forcioli
composer assistant
Renaud Guieu
cello
Thierry Koehl
violin
Stanislas Kuchinski
double bass
Nathalie Lamoureux
violin
Dominique Lemonnier
concert master
Dan Lieberstein
music consultant
Frédéric Lubiatto
cello
Jean-Charles Monciero
viola
Jin Hi Paik
violin
Elisabeth Pallas
violin
Raphaël Perraud
cello (as Raphael Perraud)
Julia Petitjean
double bass
Jen Pray
music clearance
Claude Romano
music preparation
Miwa Rosso
musician: Cello
James Schamus
lyricist
Antoine Sobezak
double bass
Vincent Ségal
electric cello (as Vincent Segal)
Agnès Toussaint
viola
Traffic Quintet
string orchestra (as Traffic String Quintet)
Anne-Elsa Trémoulet
violin (as Anne Trémoulet)
Nathalie Vandebeulque
viola
Estelle Vilotte
viola

Script and Continuity Department

'Rebecca' Qin Jiang
script supervisor
Sherrie Liu
script supervisor

Additional Crew

Cheung Cheuk
assistant to assistant directors / production assistant
Tsz Cheung Cheung
making-of
Roy Hin Yeung Chow
assistant: director / researcher
Hung Chang Chu
actor trainer (as Chu Hung Chang)
Ka-Yan Chu
stand-in: Tang Wei
Chris Cliadakis
archival research
Yan Dong
stand-in: Tang Wei
Kuang-Yao Fan
dialogue coach (as Fan Kwong Yao)
Joyce Hsieh
supervising production accountant
Ben Hung
stand-in: Tony Leung
Wing Tai Lau
production assistant
Chi-Kin Lee
stand-in: Tony Leung
Chung Ming Lee
production assistant
Jessie Lee
instructor: mahjung
Pei-An Lo
actor trainer (as Lo Pei On)
Ming-Ming Lu
stand-in: Tony Leung
Kool Marder
head of production: Cinefinance Completion Bond Company
Ng Mei-Mei
line producer
Heidi Ng
production assistant
Synderela Peng
title designer (as Synderella Peng)
Ronnie Shum
production assistant
Chi-Long To
researcher
Matthew J. Vince
post production facility operations
Walter Wat
dance instructor
Derek Wong
stand-in: Wang Leehom
Winky Wu
accountant
Max Le Le Yang
production intern
Nan Ye
stand-in: Tony Leung
Bao-Hua Zhang
stand-in: Wang Leehom
Cindy Zhou
stand-in: Tang Wei

Thanks

Rebecca Pan
special thanks: artistic contribution
Gustavo Santaolalla
special thanks
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