When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships are blamed upon Tama (as he is named), he is finally outcast to live with the poorest people on the island, Mahana and her drunken father. Mahana is considered homely and undesirable, but Tama feels differently, so when he is old enough to build a craft to sail away, he vows to return for her one day. A lucky stroke brings him to land upon the island of the legendary Johnny Lingo, the wealthiest trader in the islands, and after years of service to him, Tama has learned much about life and himself as he dreams of honoring his pledge to Mahana.
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George Henare as Johnny Lingo
Rawiri Paratene as Malio Chief
Joe Folau as Tama
Alvin Fitisemanu as Chief Steward
Kayte Ferguson as Mahana
Hori Ahipene as Pioi
Sima Urale as Hoku
Peter Sa'ena Brown as Miriama's Father
Jim Perry as Malio Elder
Goeretti Chadwick as Malio Seductress
Tausani Simei-Barton as Young Tama
Fokikovi Soakimi as Young Mahana
Esela Alo as Young Man
Sela Apera as Miriama's Mother
Christina Asher as Ulani
Suivai Autagaia as Young Viane
Tungia Baker as Turtle Island Grandmother
Teuila Blakely as Natiti's Sister
Ross Duncan as Writer
Taungaroa Emile as Pua's Friend #1
Stephanie Erick as Rewa
David Fane as Kata
Mele Lola Fifita as Young Natiti
Daniel Logan as Young Pua
Fiona MacFarlane as Viane
Rene Naufahu as Sali
Elizabeth Skeen as Miriama
Pete Smith as Scary Island Chief
Bodie Taylor as Pua
Veronica Tone as Natiti
Aleni Tufuga as Pua's Friend #2
Ateli Valahi as Young Miriama
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