Crooked Earth
23/08/2001
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
Movie Information
Temuera Morrison
as Will Bastion
Jaime Passier-Armstrong
as Ripeka Bastion
Lawrence Makoare
as Kahu Bastion
Quinton Hita
as Api
Nancy Brunning
as Marama
Mark Nua
as Iosefa
Sydney Jackson
as Pettigrew
George Henare
as Tipene
Calvin Tuteao
as Sergeant Ropiha
Stan Wolfgramm
as Timo
Sela Apera
as Huiarangi
William Davis
as Gus
Eliza Bidois
as Grace
Mabel Wharekawa
as Aunty Margaret
Patrick Wilson
as Government Minister of Forestry
Ross Duncan
as Jim Ferguson
Anaru Grant
as Army Major
Arthur Ranford
as Hardware Store Owner
Jason Nathan
as Puru
Lionel Waaka
as Hako
Slade Leef
as Big SOB
