
134 minutes
6/14/2002
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.

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

Clayton J. Barber
as Hasby

Scott Atkinson
as Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant

Jeremy Davidson
as Marine
Brian Maynard
as Corpsman

James D. Dever
as Field Hospital Colonel
Jim Morse
as Marine Recruit

Chris Devlin
as Code Instructor Sergeant

JF Davis
as Technical Sergeant
Brian Kasai
as Japanese Intelligence Officer

Hiroshi Mori
as Japanese Radio Operator

Darrel Guilbeau
as Battleship Petty Officer
Aaron Yamagata
as Tanapag Boy
Victoria Chen
as Tanapag Mother
Jon Michael Souza
as NCO
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)

Timothy Di Pri
as Politician (uncredited)
Christopher Gilbertson
as 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)
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)
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)
Malcolm Dohi
as Battleship Codetalker
Steve Tanizaki
as Japanese Artillery Officer
Marc McClellan
as Marine Artillery Commander
Christopher T. Yamamoto
as Japanese Bunker Gunner
John Takeshi Ichikawa
as Japanese Bunker Commander
Ross Lasi Tanoai
as Eddie the Bartender
Glen Begay
as Radio Codetalker
Vincent Whipple
as Navajo Instructor
Albert Smith
as Navajo Man