| Cast | Role | Relations | Description |
| Ron Ng | Tin Hao-Yee (田孝義)/ Chung Tin Hao-Yee (松田孝義) Matsuda Takayoshi |
Friend of Ku Ping-On Son of Chung Tin-Ngai Lover of Cheng Yuet-Fung |
He began his childhood as a poor Chinese villager in Nanking. He once had many Chinese friends and even risked his life to free a rice supply from the imperial Japanese troops to feed the villagers. Eventually he turned out to be genetically Japanese and lost credibility with the Chinese people. He was also in love with Ku Man-Chai's fourth wife, Cheng Yuet Fung, even though he knew he wasn't allowed. At the end of the series, Cheng Yuet-Fung (鄭月鳳)Leila Tong marries him. |
| Myolie Wu | Ku Ping-On (顧平安) |
Friend of Tin Hao-Yee Daughter of Ku Man-Chai Daughter of Yeung Sau-Lin |
She is the hardest working member of the Ku family. But was mostly an illiterate and naive farm girl. |
| Sunny Chan | Poon Sai-Cheung (潘世昌) |
Lover of Ku Ping-On | He began as a wealthy merchant and appeared as a businessman who sold anything to the Japanese and betrayed China. He turned out to be a Chinese republican spy. |
| Lau Dan | Ku Man-Chai (顧萬齊) |
Husband of Yeung Sau-Lin Husband of Luk Yin-Chun Husband of Cheng Yuet-Fung Father of Ku Ping-On Father of Ku Dak-Yee Father of Ku Chiu-Yee Father of Ku Oi-Yee |
Rice Merchant and head of the Ku household. He tried hard to keep the family together, though he was obsessed with old traditions and the preserving of family surnames via a male child. |
| Leila Tong | Cheng Yuet-Fung (鄭月鳳) |
Ku Man-Chai's 4th wife Lover of Tin Hao-Yee |
She was forced to be married into the Ku family by her brother. Her original purpose in the Ku family was to have a male child to prolong the Ku family name. Ku Man-Chai was old enough to be her father. She was actually in love with the much younger Tin Hao-Yee. |
| Halina Tam | Luk Yin-Chun (陸燕珍) |
Ku Man-Chai's 3rd wife | She was supposed to father a male child for the Ku family. But her son was born mentally ill and was constantly looked down upon in the family. |
| Angelina Lo (盧宛茵) | Yung Yuk-Wah (容玉華) |
Ku Man-Chai's 1st wife | She was the oldest and main wife of the family. Though she was accustomed to the high lifestyle in Nanking and had difficulties adjusting to the war time poverty life. |
| Bill Chan | Chung Tin-Ngai (松田毅) Matsuda Takeshi |
Tin Hao-Yee's father | He started as a Japanese merchant, but had significant influence on Japanese troops, commanders and Nanking politics. |
| Mandy Cho | Shum Yi-Ping (沈依萍) |
She was a shidaiqu nightclub singer who also played a major role as a spy. | |
| Anita Kwan (關伊彤) |
Ku Dak-Yee (顧得兒) |
Daughter of Ku Man-Chai Daughter of Yung Yuk-Wah |
She was the most educated member of the family, but struggled in the farm life where education and literacy was often useless. |
| Charmaine Li | Ku Chiu-Yee (顧昭兒) |
Daughter of Ku Man-Chai | She wanted to be a Hong Kong movie star. But later ended up making Japanese propaganda films. |
| Casper Chan (陳凱怡) |
Ku Oi-Yee (顧愛兒) |
Daughter of Ku Man-Chai Daughter of Yung Yuk-Wah |
She was a bookworm, who had asthma and numerous health problems. |
| Mary Hon (韓馬利) |
Yeung Sau-Lin (楊秀蓮) |
Lover and servant of Ku Man-Chai Mother of Ku Ping-On |
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| Samuel Kwok (郭鋒) |
Lit Wun Shan (聶泓山) |
He was a Japanese businessman and film director who tried to install Japanese culture into China. He had constant political conflict. |
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