Directed by:
John WooCinematography:
Jeffrey L. KimballComposer:
James HornerCast:
Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Martin Henderson, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor, Christian Slater (more)VOD (2)
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Honour Was Their Code. 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 able to break coded military, 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 (Nicolas Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) - 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? The Navajo code was the only one never broken by the Japanese, and is considered to have been key in winning the war. (20th Century Fox AU)
(more)Cast
Nicolas Cage
USA
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Adam Beach
Canada
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Peter Stormare
Sweden
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Noah Emmerich
USA
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Mark Ruffalo
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Brian Van Holt
USA
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Martin Henderson
New Zealand
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Roger Willie
USA
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Frances O'Connor
UK
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Christian Slater
USA
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Jason Isaacs
UK
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Kevin Cooney
USA
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Holmes Osborne
USA
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Jeff Davis
USA
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Jeremy Davidson
USA
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Matty Castano
Philippines
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Scott Atkinson
USA
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Clayton J. Barber
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Keith Campbell
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Cameron Thor
USA
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