| Ziyi Zhang | Sayuri Nitta |
| Ken Watanabe | The Chairman |
| Michelle Yeoh | Mameha |
| Kôji Yakusho | Nobu |
| Youki Kudoh | O-Kabo (Pumpkin) |
| Gong Li | Hatsumomo |
| Kaori Momoi | Mother |
| Tsai Chin | Auntie |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | The Baron |
| Suzuka Ohgo | Chiyo |
| Randall Duk Kim | Dr. Crab |
| Mako | Sakamoto |
| Kenneth Tsang | The General |
| Thomas Ikeda | Mr. Bekku |
| Zoe Weizenbaum | Young Pumpkin |
| Shizuko Hoshi | Sayuri Narrator |
| Paul Adelstein | Lt. Hutchins |
| Anthony Begonia | Kitonoyama |
| Togo Tanaka | Togo Igawa |
| Eugenia Yuan | Korin |
| Chad Cleven | Drunken G.I. |
| Michael Kuroiwa | Businessman |
A girl works as a servant in a geisha house and grows up to become one of Japan's most celebrated paid companions.
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