Mick Jagger

The Emperor

Bud Cort

Music Master

Barbara Hershey

The Maid

Edward James Olmos

Prime Minister

Mako

Gardener / Minister

Chao-Li Chi

Gardener

Keye Luke

Imperial Doctor

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Emperor's Bodyguard

Jerry Hall

Pansy

Anjelica Huston

Primrose

Alberto Isaac

Servant #1

Maysie Hoy

Housekeeper

Shelley Duvall

Nightingale (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Self - Host