A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.
| Writing | Ermanno Olmi | Writer |
| Directing | Ermanno Olmi | Director |
| Production | Alessandro Calosci | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ferdinanda Frangipane | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniele Passani | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roberto Cicutto | Producer |
| Production | Luigi Musini | Producer |
| Production | Tom Rosenberg | Producer |
| Camera | Fabio Olmi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Paolo Cottignola | Editor |
| Production | Enrico Marrari | Casting |
| Art | Luigi Marchione | Production Design |
| Art | Pasquale Germano | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Sartori | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jorge Luis Borges | Short Story |
| Sound | Han Yong | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Giuseppe Pirrotta | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Stefano Paltrinieri | Property Master |
| Production | Remo Chiappa | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Gaia Gorrini | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Carlo Miscoli | Administration |
| Production | Aurelio Marino | Payroll Accountant |
| Production | Alessandra Pascucci | Payroll Accountant |
| Production | Roberta Mazzotti | Payroll Accountant |
| Production | Benedetta Altissimi | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Ilaria Bosi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Sacha Marchetti | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Luca Di Molfetta | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cinzia Liberati | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Antonella Dainelli | Casting Assistant |
| Camera | Massimiliano Pantucci | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Stefano Slocovich | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Claudio Sidotti | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Armando Trivellini | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jovica Nonkovic | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Pezza | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Desiato | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diego Avolio | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ferdinando Merolla | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angelo Vannella | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Roberto Josè Cecato | Still Photographer |
| Art | Alessandro Troso | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Andrea De Antoniis | Set Designer |
| Art | Monica Pirone | Set Designer |
| Art | Marc'Antonio Brandolini | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Salvatore Alonzo | Set Dresser |
| Art | Antonio Cunsolo | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Marcello Ceccotti | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Dario Badia | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabetta Antico | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudette Lilly | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucrezia Tavernese | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aurelia Laurenti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vittorio Torrieri | Tailor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orlanda Contardi | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piera Cimino | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franca di Legge | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pia Rossi | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadia Salvatore | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giovanna Cecchitelli | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elide d'Angelo | Seamstress |
| Lighting | Fabio Proserpio | Electrician |
| Lighting | Elvis Musicco | Electrician |
| Lighting | Fabrizio Tramontana | Electrician |
| Lighting | Stefano Alessi | Electrician |
| Lighting | Sergio Verdecchia | Genetator Operator |
| Camera | Maurizio Benvenuto | Key Grip |
| Camera | Giordano Spadoni | Grip |
| Camera | Massimo Montani | Grip |
| Camera | Enrico Quacquarini | Grip |
| Crew | Simone Balestrini | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Pietro Marrocco | Driver |
| Crew | Luigi Gattoni | Driver |
| Crew | Stefano Lentini | Driver |
| Crew | Armando Valentini | Driver |
| Crew | Luigi d'Ettore | Driver |
| Crew | Paolo Ricci | Special Effects |
| Crew | Elio Terribili | Special Effects |
| Crew | Michele Quartullo | Special Effects |
| Production | Milan Cvetkovic | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Slobodan Pavićević | Production Manager |
| Production | Mira Lukic | Production Secretary |
| Production | Milica Perovic | Production Secretary |
| Production | Biljana Brnovic | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Damjian Perovic | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Nemanja Petrović | Production Designer |
| Crew | Zoran Petrovic | Propmaker |
| Crew | Yang Yu-lin | Choreographer |
| Production | Monica Verzolini | Post Producer |
| Editing | Stefano Quaglia | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Elisabetta Brusatin | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Mario Giacco | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Alessandro Giacco | Sound Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Paolo Lato | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Gabriele Diaferia | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Franco Valenziano | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Josè Sala | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Igor Fiorentini | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Nicola Scarpinato | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Nicola Scarpinato | CG Artist |
| Visual Effects | Rosalinda Malibiran | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Rosalinda Malibiran | CG Artist |
| Visual Effects | Giulia Lamacchia | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Giulia Lamacchia | CG Artist |
| Visual Effects | Silvia Buttignon | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Silvia Buttignon | CG Artist |
| Visual Effects | Chiara Pierrettori | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Paola Broggi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Andrea Burla | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Elizabeth Richards | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Chen Tao | Musician |
| Sound | Wang Gouwei | Musician |
| Sound | Christopher Warren-Green | Musician |
| Sound | Susan Monks | Musician |
| Sound | John Barclay | Musician |
| Sound | John Lenehan | Musician |
| Sound | Ludovico Fulci | Musician |
| Editing | Max Horton | Colorist |
| Editing | Giles Livesey | Colorist |
| Editing | Jean-Clement Soret | Colorist |
| Crew | Guendalina Ponti | Thanks |
| Crew | Paolo Pioggia | Thanks |
