Utu
Utu
A War and Adventure film released in 1983, Utu runs 1h 58m and comes from New Zealand. Soap2Day lists it with Geoff Murphy directing and Anzac Wallace and Bruno Lawrence in the cast. It holds 7/10 from 33 votes. In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori 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.
- Genre: War, Adventure, Drama, History
- Country: New Zealand
- Director: Geoff Murphy
- Cast: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott, Kelly Johnson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Ilona Rodgers, Merata Mita, Faenza Reuben, John Bach, Tom Poata, Tania Bristowe, Martyn Sanderson
