A loyal general stands in the way of a plot to set up theRegent's young son as Emperor. The general escapes with the boy. The boy soon dies and the general adopts a young orphan. Despite the intervention of two quarrelsome magicians, the plotters find and kill the general, capture his young charge, and force the boy to play the role of the Regent's dead son. He escapes and seeks refuge with the magicians who teach him their skills so that he may eventually return to the court, overthrow the conspirators and avenge the general's death.

[Reviewed by Rim Films Catalog]