Jackie Chan character Journalist
Jet Li character Cmdr. Chen Shaokuan, Chief of Navy
Andy Lau character Yu Jishi
Donnie Yen character Tian Han
Tang Guoqiang character Mao Zedong
Zhang Guoli character Chiang Kai-Shek
Xu Qing character Soong Ching-Ling
Liu Jin character Zhou Enlai
Chen Kun character Chiang Ching-Kuo
Wang Wufu character Zhu De, PLA Cmdr-in-Chief
Liu Sha character Liu Shaoqi
Wang Jian character Ren Bishi
Xin Jin character Li Jishen
Wang Bing character Zhang Lan, Chairman of CDL
Vivian Wu character Soong Mei-Ling
Wang Xueqi character Li Zongren
Sau Chung-Dik character General Fu Zuoyi
Yang Xiaodan character Zhang Zhizhong
Donald Freeman character Patrick Jay Hurley
Liu Yiwei character Li Huang
Li Qiang character Director Chen Cheng
Hu Jun character Gu Zhutong
Zhang Ziyi character Gong Peng
Zhao Wei character Member of CPPCC
Huang Xiaoming character Li Yinqiao
Liu Ye character Red army's warrior
Bin Li character Madame He Xiangning
Leon Lai character Cai Tingkai
Tony Leung Ka-Fai character PLA delegate
John Woo character Liu Wenhui
You Liping character Lin Biao
Cao Kefan character Wu Guo-zhen
Zhao Yong character He Long
