
Plot
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.
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Cast

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