Directed by John Woo Written by John Rice Joe Batteer Cast Nicolas Cage ... Joe Enders Adam Beach ... Ben Yahzee Peter Stormare ... Hjelmstad Noah Emmerich ... Chick Mark Ruffalo ... Pappas Brian Van Holt ... Harrigan Martin Henderson ... Nellie Roger Willie ... Charlie Whitehorse Frances O'Connor ... Rita Christian Slater ... Ox 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 (as Clayton Barber) Scott Atkinson ... Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant Jeremy Davidson ... Marine Brian Maynard ... Corpsman (as Brian F. Maynard) Albert Smith ... Navajo Man James D. Dever ... Field Hospital Colonel (as James Dever) Vincent Whipple ... Navajo Instructor Jim Morse ... Marine Recruit Chris Devlin ... Code Instructor Sergeant Jf Davis ... Technical Sergeant Glen Begay ... Radio Codetalker Ross Lasi Tanoai ... Eddie the Bartender Brian Kasai ... Japanese Intelligence Officer Hiroshi Mori ... Japanese Radio Operator (as Hiroshi 'Rosh' Mori) John Takeshi Ichikawa ... Japanese Bunker Commander Christopher T. Yamamoto ... Japanese Bunker Gunner Marc McClellan ... Marine Artillery Commander Steve Tanizaki ... Japanese Artillery Officer Malcolm Dohi ... Battleship Codetalker 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 (as John Rocha) Uncredited Cast Robert Aguilar Jr. ... Private Povovich Louis Per Bruno ... Private Corelli Jim Carretta ... Platoon Sergeant Matty Castano ... Japanese Soldier Toshiro Cinemasen ... Japanese Soldier Paul Cowboy Jr. ... Navajo Code Talker / Marine Jerry DeCapua ... Camp announcer (voice) Timothy Di Pri ... Politician Paul Edney ... WWII U.S. Marine Christopher Gilbertson ... Marine David L. Hall ... Soldier in Convoy Matt Hall ... Corps Marine Shannon Holzer ... Marine Yoshio Iizuka ... Japanese Officer Aaron Ikeda ... Japanese Soldier Christopher Illing ... Marine Keii Johnston ... Marine Jordan Kirkwood ... Marine Radioman B Company John Kirsch ... Marine Ender Lee ... Dying Japanese Soldier Steve Lindsay ... Discharged Platoon Sergeant Cazimir Milostan ... Marine Machine Gunner Michael Ng ... Japanese Soldier Nils Oliveto ... U.S. Marine Paul Parker ... Injured soldier Denney Pierce ... Marine Simon Rhee ... Japanese Soldier Chadwick Shimomura ... Imperial Japanese Soldier Bobby Silva ... Private Ricks John Thomas ... Core Group Marine Ren Urano ... Japanese Radioman Dixon White ... Hospital Room Patient Reese Williams ... Platoon Sergeant Jimmy Zerda ... Camp Tarawa Marine Produced by Arthur Anderson Terence Chang C.O. Erickson Tracie Graham-Rice Caroline Macaulay Alison R. Rosenzweig John J. Smith Richard Stenta Stephen Traxler John Woo Original Music by James Horner

Additional Info Premiere: June 14, 2002 DVD Release: October 15, 2002 Blu-ray Release: November 28, 2006 Country: Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Websites: Alternate Titles Wind Talkers Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Lion Rock Productions Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (2002) (USA) (theatrical) (as MGM Distribution Co.) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (2002) (World-wide) (all media) MGM Home Entertainment   (2002) (USA) (DVD) MGM Home Entertainment   (2002) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) (Director's Edition) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.2 / 10 Our Rating 4.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 3.9 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,016 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 2 total ratings Mediocre 2 total ratings Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,012 Superman III (1983) #2,013 James And The Giant Peach (1996) #2,014 Showgirls (1995) #2,015 The Courier (2020) #2,016 Windtalkers (2002) #2,017 xXx: State Of The Union (2005) #2,018 Daddy Day Care (2003) #2,019 Castlevania: Season 1 (2017) #2,020 The Sitter (2011)