Windtalkers
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Woo
Nicolas Cage
Peter Stormare
Mark Ruffalo
Adam Beach
Noah Emmerich
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
On December 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. For the next several years, U.S. forces were fully engaged in battle throughout the Pacific, taking over islands one by one in a slow progression towards mainland Japan. During this brutal campaign, the Japanese were continually able to break coded military transmissions, dramatically slowing U.S. progress. In 1942, several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. Marine Joe Enders is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee - a Navajo code talker, the Marines' new secret weapon. Enders' orders are to protect his code talker, but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands, he's to "protect the code at all costs." Against the backdrop of the horrific Battle of Saipan, when capture is imminent, Enders is forced to make a decision: if he can't protect his fellow Marine, can he bring himself to kill him to protect the code?
Director
John Woo
Cast
Nicolas Cage
Peter Stormare
Mark Ruffalo
Adam Beach
Noah Emmerich
Lynn Kawallele Allen
Aaron Yamagata
Wataru Yoshida
Lena Savalinea
Brian Maynard
William Morts
Clayton Barber
Junya Oishi
Martin Henderson
John Takeshi Ichikawa
Hula Halau 'o Kamuela
James Morse
Alewa T Olotoa
Malcolm Dohi
Marc Mcclellan
Kaliko Scott
Glen Begay
Christopher T Yamamoto
Steve Tanizaki
Roger Willie
Vincent Whipple
Brian Van Holt
Darrel Guilbeau
Kevin Cooney
Keith Campbell
Victoria Chen
Scott Atkinson
Ilima Pumphrey
Carissa Jung
Ross Tanoai
Tina Leialoha Gube
Frances O'connor
Christian Slater
Chris Devlin
John Michael Souza
Kunewa Mook
John A. Schacht
Phil Ayling
Jeremy Davidson
Holmes Osborne
Jason Isaacs
Hiroshi Mori
Albert Smith
Cameron Thor
Brian Kasai
Jeff Bryan Davis
Sgt. Maj. James D. Dever
Jiro Koga
Crew
Jan H. Aaris
Tsuyoshi Abe
Joene Acord
Donovan Ahuna
Charles K Aleka
Kenny Alexander
Lee Alexander
Robert Allen
David T. Altenau
Arthur Anderson
Arthur Anderson
Chris Antonucci
Ed Arter
Tina M Arter-duquette
John Ashker
Kiana Awong
Craig B Ayers
Gregory J Barnett
David Barrett
Lynn Basas
Lynn Basas
Joe Batteer
Paul Beahm
Tom Bee
Richard Begay
Gavin J. Behrman
Lamonte Bell
Cliff Berns
Dick Bernstein
Steven R Bernstein
Jeff Bilger
Burtis Bills
Nalani Blane
Luciano Blotta
Raymond Boniker
Artaya Boonsoong
Artaya Boonsoong
Bob Bornstein
Bryan Bowen
Joey Box
Bill Boyd
John Branagan
Bob F Brown
Gilbert Brown
Troy Brown
Richard Bucher
Bobby Burns
Gary Burritt
John Cade
Brian Callahan
Clark Campbell
Chris Carrington
Christopher Caso
Rick Cedillo
Fred Cervantes
Fred Cervantes
Mark Chadwick
Terence Chang
Doc D Charbonneau
Ray D Chase
Eric Chen
Tony Chiu
Arnold Chon
Jamie Christopherson
Janis Clark
Kevin Clark
David A. Cohen
Casey Collins
Jian Cong
Noah Cooksey
Phil Cory
Richard Cory
Joe Coscia
Mitchell Coughlin
Mitchell Coughlin
Phil Culotta
Joan Cunningham
Craig Davis
Zack Davis
Tim A Davison
Sandy De Crescent
Gary Deaton
Dan Delgado
Steve Derelian
Sgt. Maj. James D. Dever
Devon Dibble
Carol Doran
Michael R Driscoll
Mike Edmonson
Kevin Elam
Paul Eliopoulos
Masa Endo
Sean England
Victor Ennis
C. O. Erickson
Jonathan Eusebio
Roel Failma
Brook Fain
David Falicki
William Farley
Dane Farwell
James Favazzo
Eddie Fernandez
Stephen Fischer
Kenneth E Fix
Cliff Fleming
Paul Flinchbaugh
David E Fluhr
Ashley A Fondrevay
Colin Fong
John Frazier
Robert "rock" Galotti
Nerses Gezalyan
Mike Gibbons
Dale Gibson
Tom Gibson
Tim Gilbert
Tanner Gill
Michael D Gillis
Thomas Giordano
Ib Glindemann
Richard Goddard
Jorge Gonzalez
Richard Bryce Goodman
Richard Bryce Goodman
Al Goto
Laura Graham
Tracie Graham
Joyce Green
Glynna Grimala
Holger Gross
Bill Guiette
Jeff Gullo
Glen Gustafson
Gabriel Guy
Dong Quan Ha
Shane Habberstad
John Halfman
Randy Hall
Mike Hansen
Chris Hanson
George Hanson
Amanda Harding
Cate Hardman
Thomas J Healy
Rufus Hearn
Jim Henrikson
Michael Hertlein
Dutch Hill
Steven Ho
James Hogue
A Todd Holland
James Horner
James Horner
James Horner
Craig Hosking
Robert S Hosking
Luis Hoyos
Zach Hudson
Yoshio Iizuka
Brian Imada
Gregory Irwin
Kevin Ishioka
Steven Ito
Terry Jackson
Joni Jacobson
Tim Jarvis
Jeb Johenning
Carl Johnson
Keii Johnston
Brett Jones
Paul Jyrala
Kim K. Kahana Jr.
Jamie Kelman
Jamie Kelman
Steven Kemper
Randy Kerber
Jeffrey L Kimball
Darren D Kiner
Dan King
Scott Kirkley
Jon W. Kishi
Hiro Koda
Kim Koscki
John Koyama
David Kudell
Marco Kyris
Peter Lai
Tony Lamberti
Shawn Landis
Mark Landon
Chris Langevin
Greg Langham
Steve Laporte
Shelley Lavelle
Lee W. Lebaigue
Linda Leiter-sharp
Dan Lemieux
Will Leong
Michael Li
Film Details
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Released in United States Summer June 14, 2002
Released in United States on Video October 22, 2002
Released in United States Summer June 14, 2002
Released in United States on Video October 22, 2002