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Windtalkers
Honor Was Their Code.
Genres
WarAction
Overview
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Details
Budget
$115000000
Revenue
$77600000
Runtime
134 min
Release Date
2002-06-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1357
Vote Average
6.327
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Nicolas Cage
Sergeant Joe Enders
Adam Beach
Private Ben Yahzee
Peter Stormare
Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
Noah Emmerich
Corporal Charles Rogers
Mark Ruffalo
Pappas
Brian Van Holt
Harrigan
Martin Henderson
Private Nellie
Roger Willie
Charlie Whitehorse
Frances O'Connor
Rita Swelton
Christian Slater
Sergeant Peter Henderson
Jason Isaacs
Major Mellitz
William Morts
Fortino
Cameron Thor
Mertens
Kevin Cooney
Ear Doctor
Holmes Osborne
Colonel Hollings
Keith Campbell
Kittring
Clayton J. Barber
Hasby
Scott Atkinson
Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant
Jeremy Davidson
Marine
Brian Maynard
Corpsman
James D. Dever
Field Hospital Colonel
Jim Morse
Marine Recruit
Chris Devlin
Code Instructor Sergeant
JF Davis
Technical Sergeant
Brian Kasai
Japanese Intelligence Officer
Hiroshi Mori
Japanese Radio Operator
Darrel Guilbeau
Battleship Petty Officer
Aaron Yamagata
Tanapag Boy
Victoria Chen
Tanapag Mother
Jon Michael Souza
NCO
Carissa Jung
Tanapag Girl
Wataru Yoshida
Japanese Artillery Man
Junya Oishi
Japanese Artillery Sighter
Jiro Koga
Japanese Artillery Gunner
Lynn Kawailele Allen
Hula Dancer
Tina Leialoha Gube
Hula Dancer
Alewa T. Olotoa
Hula Dancer
Ilima Pumphrey
Hula Dancer
Lena Savaiinaea
Hula Dancer
Kaliko Scott
Hula Dancer
John Steven Rocha
Marine
Robert Aguilar Jr.
Private Povovich (uncredited)
Job Alonso
U.S. Marine (uncredited)
Louis Per Bruno
Private Corelli (uncredited)
Jim Carretta
Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
Matty Castano
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Timothy Di Pri
Politician (uncredited)
Christopher Gilbertson
Marine (uncredited)
Shannon Holzer
Marine (uncredited)
Yoshio Iizuka
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Aaron Ikeda
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Christopher Illing
Marine (uncredited)
Keii Johnston
Marine (uncredited)
Steve Lindsay
Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
Cazimir Milostan
Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Michael Ng
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Nils Oliveto
U.S. Marine (uncredited)
Paul Parker
Injured soldier (uncredited)
Denney Pierce
Marine (uncredited)
Simon Rhee
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Sans
Private Jennings (uncredited)
Bobby Silva
Private Ricks (uncredited)
Douglas Dean Taylor
Marine Beau (uncredited)
John Thomas
Core Group Marine (uncredited)
Ren Urano
Japanese Radioman (uncredited)
Dixon White
Hospital Room Patient (uncredited)
Malcolm Dohi
Battleship Codetalker
Steve Tanizaki
Japanese Artillery Officer
Marc McClellan
Marine Artillery Commander
Christopher T. Yamamoto
Japanese Bunker Gunner
John Takeshi Ichikawa
Japanese Bunker Commander
Ross Lasi Tanoai
Eddie the Bartender
Glen Begay
Radio Codetalker
Vincent Whipple
Navajo Instructor
Albert Smith
Navajo Man
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