Windtalkers

Windtalkers

134 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | June 14, 2002

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.

Windtalkers

134 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | June 14, 2002

Windtalkers
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lion Rock Productions
Original title Windtalkers
Directors Randol Perelman-Taylor, Joan Cunningham, Cate Hardman, Arthur Anderson, John Woo
Writers Joe Batteer, John Rice

Cast

Nicolas Cage

as Sergeant Joe Enders

Adam Beach

as Private Ben Yahzee

Peter Stormare

as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad

Noah Emmerich

as Corporal Charles Rogers

Mark Ruffalo

as Pappas

Brian Van Holt

as Harrigan

Martin Henderson

as Private Nellie

Roger Willie

as Charlie Whitehorse

Frances O'Connor

as Rita Swelton

Christian Slater

as Sergeant Peter Henderson

Jason Isaacs

as Major Mellitz

William Morts

as Fortino

Cameron Thor

as Mertens

Kevin Cooney

as Ear Doctor

Holmes Osborne

as Colonel Hollings

Keith Campbell

as Kittring

Scott Atkinson

as Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant

Jeremy Davidson

as Marine

Brian Maynard

as Corpsman

Albert Smith

as Navajo Man

James D. Dever

as Field Hospital Colonel

Vincent Whipple

as Navajo Instructor

Jim Morse

as Marine Recruit

Chris Devlin

as Code Instructor Sergeant

JF Davis

as Technical Sergeant

Glen Begay

as Radio Codetalker

Ross Lasi Tanoai

as Eddie the Bartender

Brian Kasai

as Japanese Intelligence Officer

Hiroshi Mori

as Japanese Radio Operator

John Takeshi Ichikawa

as Japanese Bunker Commander

Christopher T. Yamamoto

as Japanese Bunker Gunner

Marc McClellan

as Marine Artillery Commander

Steve Tanizaki

as Japanese Artillery Officer

Malcolm Dohi

as Battleship Codetalker

Darrel Guilbeau

as Battleship Petty Officer

Aaron Yamagata

as Tanapag Boy

Victoria Chen

as Tanapag Mother

Carissa Jung

as Tanapag Girl

Wataru Yoshida

as Japanese Artillery Man

Junya Oishi

as Japanese Artillery Sighter

Jiro Koga

as Japanese Artillery Gunner

Lynn Kawailele Allen

as Hula Dancer

Tina Leialoha Gube

as Hula Dancer

Alewa T. Olotoa

as Hula Dancer

Ilima Pumphrey

as Hula Dancer

Lena Savaiinaea

as Hula Dancer

Kaliko Scott

as Hula Dancer

John Steven Rocha

as Marine

Robert Aguilar Jr.

as Private Povovich (uncredited)

Job Alonso

as U.S. Marine (uncredited)

Louis Per Bruno

as Private Corelli (uncredited)

Jim Carretta

as Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)

Matty Castano

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Toshiro Cinemasen

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Paul Cowboy Jr.

as Navajo Code Talker / Marine (uncredited)

Jerry DeCapua

as Camp announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Timothy Di Pri

as Politician (uncredited)

Paul Edney

as WWII U.S. Marine (uncredited)

Christopher Gilbertson

as Marine (uncredited)

David L. Hall

as Soldier in Convoy (uncredited)

Matt Hall

as Corps Marine (uncredited)

Shannon Holzer

as Marine (uncredited)

Yoshio Iizuka

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Aaron Ikeda

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Christopher Illing

as Marine (uncredited)

Keii Johnston

as Marine (uncredited)

Jordan Kirkwood

as Marine Radioman B Company (uncredited)

John Kirsch

as Marine (uncredited)

Ender Lee

as Dying Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Steve Lindsay

as Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)

Cazimir Milostan

as Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Michael Ng

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Nils Oliveto

as U.S. Marine (uncredited)

Paul Parker

as Injured soldier (uncredited)

Denney Pierce

as Marine (uncredited)

Simon Rhee

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Charles Sans

as Private Jennings (uncredited)

Chadwick Shimomura

as Imperial Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Bobby Silva

as Private Ricks (uncredited)

Douglas Dean Taylor

as Marine Beau (uncredited)

John Thomas

as Core Group Marine (uncredited)

Ren Urano

as Japanese Radioman (uncredited)

Dixon White

as Hospital Room Patient (uncredited)

Reese Williams

as Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)

Jimmy Zerda

as Camp Tarawa Marine (uncredited)