"Honor Was Their Code."

2002

2h 14m

6.3(1315 votes)

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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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75 members

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Nicolas Cage

Sergeant Joe Enders

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Adam Beach

Private Ben Yahzee

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Peter Stormare

Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad

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Noah Emmerich

Corporal Charles Rogers

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Mark Ruffalo

Pappas

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Brian Van Holt

Harrigan

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Martin Henderson

Private Nellie

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Roger Willie

Charlie Whitehorse

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Frances O'Connor

Rita Swelton

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Christian Slater

Sergeant Peter Henderson

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Jason Isaacs

Major Mellitz

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William Morts

Fortino

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Cameron Thor

Mertens

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Kevin Cooney

Ear Doctor

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Holmes Osborne

Colonel Hollings

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Keith Campbell

Kittring

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Clayton J. Barber

Hasby

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Scott Atkinson

Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant

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Jeremy Davidson

Marine

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Brian Maynard

Corpsman

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James D. Dever

Field Hospital Colonel

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Jim Morse

Marine Recruit

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Chris Devlin

Code Instructor Sergeant

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JF Davis

Technical Sergeant

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Brian Kasai

Japanese Intelligence Officer

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Hiroshi Mori

Japanese Radio Operator

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Darrel Guilbeau

Battleship Petty Officer

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Aaron Yamagata

Tanapag Boy

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Victoria Chen

Tanapag Mother

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Jon Michael Souza

NCO

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Carissa Jung

Tanapag Girl

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Wataru Yoshida

Japanese Artillery Man

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Junya Oishi

Japanese Artillery Sighter

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Jiro Koga

Japanese Artillery Gunner

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Lynn Kawailele Allen

Hula Dancer

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Tina Leialoha Gube

Hula Dancer

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Alewa T. Olotoa

Hula Dancer

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Ilima Pumphrey

Hula Dancer

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Lena Savaiinaea

Hula Dancer

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Kaliko Scott

Hula Dancer

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John Steven Rocha

Marine

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Robert Aguilar Jr.

Private Povovich (uncredited)

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Job Alonso

U.S. Marine (uncredited)

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Louis Per Bruno

Private Corelli (uncredited)

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Jim Carretta

Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)

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Matty Castano

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

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Timothy Di Pri

Politician (uncredited)

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Christopher Gilbertson

Marine (uncredited)

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Shannon Holzer

Marine (uncredited)

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Yoshio Iizuka

Japanese Officer (uncredited)

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Aaron Ikeda

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

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Christopher Illing

Marine (uncredited)

Crew

Keii Johnston

Marine (uncredited)

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Steve Lindsay

Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)

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Cazimir Milostan

Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited)

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Michael Ng

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

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Nils Oliveto

U.S. Marine (uncredited)

Production

Paul Parker

Injured soldier (uncredited)

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Denney Pierce

Marine (uncredited)

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Simon Rhee

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

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Charles Sans

Private Jennings (uncredited)

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Bobby Silva

Private Ricks (uncredited)

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Douglas Dean Taylor

Marine Beau (uncredited)

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John Thomas

Core Group Marine (uncredited)

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浦野眞彦

Japanese Radioman (uncredited)

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Dixon White

Hospital Room Patient (uncredited)

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Malcolm Dohi

Battleship Codetalker

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Steve Tanizaki

Japanese Artillery Officer

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Marc McClellan

Marine Artillery Commander

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Christopher T. Yamamoto

Japanese Bunker Gunner

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John Takeshi Ichikawa

Japanese Bunker Commander

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Ross Lasi Tanoai

Eddie the Bartender

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Glen Begay

Radio Codetalker

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Vincent Whipple

Navajo Instructor

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Albert Smith

Navajo Man

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