A savage civil war between two royal families has just concluded, but even as the newly installed King Edward takes the reins of power, his ruthless, physically deformed younger brother Richard sets in motion a scheme to claim the crown for himself.
Presents Akira Kurosawa's 1957 adaptation of "Macbeth," set in feudal Japan, as Washizu the samurai betrays his friend in a bloodthirsty effort to gain the Emperors throne.
