Miss Shanghai Lan Ping - Jiang Qing Paul Hsu, Catholic convert The Sassoon family - opium traders Frederick Townshend Ward, adventurer Du Yuesheng, triad king Huang Jinrong, corrupt police chief Hardoon - opium trader and benefector Robert Short, American airman The Soong Family, Chinese aristocracy Ruan Lingyu, movie queen Zhou Xuan, songstress Lu Xun, writer Sapajou, cartoonist Rou Shi, writer Stirling Fessenden, SMC chairman