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Utu

Utu

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 27, 1984

Runtime

1h 58m

Genres

War, Adventure, Drama, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

Utu

Production Companies

Utu Productions, New Zealand Film Commission

Director

Geoff Murphy

Description

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.