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Utu is a 1983 New Zealand war film about the New Zealand Wars. Co-written and directed by Geoff Murphy, the films stars Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, Wi Kuki Kaa and Merata Mita, and depicts the story of a Māori warrior who sets out on a quest for "utu" (revenge).
Nov 7, 2023 · Utu (1983) - Utu is a 1983 New Zealand film directed and co-written by Geoff Murphy; starring Anzac Wallace as Te Wheke, a warrior who sets out to get vengeance after British forces kill his ...
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Utu: Directed by Geoff Murphy. With Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott, Kelly Johnson. In 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge.
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Utu - It's the 1870s, and Māori leader Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace) is fed up by brutal land grabs. He leads a bloody rebellion against the colonial Government, provoking threatened frontiersmen, disgruntled natives, lusty wahine, bible-bashing priests, and kupapa alike to consider the nature of ‘utu’ (retribution).
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Jul 14, 2012 · Utu is a 1983 New Zealand movie directed by Geoff Murphy. It starred Anzac Wallace. Loosely based on events from Te Kooti's War, it tells of a Māori soldier'...
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Utu — Movie Trailer (1983) — New Zealand — Great Western-style action adventure. 1983. 101min. Feature. Synopsis: New Zealand in the 1870's. A Māori village is massacred by colonial troops. A Māori warrior vows to seek retribution. He attacks a farmhouse, where the farmer's wife is killed. The farmer sets out to get revenge for her death.
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A tattooed Maori (Anzac Wallace) leads a reign of terror after a British massacre in 1870s New Zealand.
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