Dragon Seed

Katharine Hepburn

Jade Tan

Walter Huston

Ling Tan

Aline MacMahon

Ling Tan's Wife

Akim Tamiroff

Wu Lien

Turhan Bey

Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

Hurd Hatfield

Lao San Tan - Youngest Son

J. Carrol Naish

Japanese Kitchen Overseer

Agnes Moorehead

Third Cousin's Wife

Henry Travers

Third Cousin

Robert Bice

Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

Robert Lewis

Captain Sato

Frances Rafferty

Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife

Jacqueline deWit

Wu Lien's Wife

Clarence Lung

Fourth Cousin

Paul E. Burns

Shen - Neighbor

Anna Demetrio

Wu Sao

Lionel Barrymore

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Philip Ahn

Leader of City People (uncredited)

Benson Fong

Sudent (uncredited)