1942, Japn. Mientras la Segunda Guerra Mundial estalla y Espaa se enfrenta a los aos ms oscuros de la dictadura franquista, Jacinto Casares y su hija Mara preparan el equipaje para partir hacia el Imperio del Sol Naciente. Propietaria de una hacienda cafetera en la isla de Java, la familia ha decidido aceptar un encargo que podra beneficiarles en estos momentos convulsos. Sin embargo, cuando llegan a Japn todo se complica y Mara deber llevar a cabo una peligrosa misin: transportar joyas de gran valor escondidas entre el caf. Con la orden de protegerla a toda costa, la joven ser acompaada por el coronel Juro Hokusai, con quien empieza a florecer un amor prohibido y pasional. Juntos emprendern un viaje que los llevar hasta la plantacin familiar en Java, donde los recuerdos del pasado se convierten en los horrores del presente. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A tale of passion and secrets that change the lives of its protagonists as only love and war can do.
1942, Japan. As World War II rages and Spain endures the darkest years of the Franco dictatorship, Jacinto Casares and his daughter, Mara, prepare to start a new life in the Empire of the Rising Sun. The owner of a coffee plantation on the island of Java, Casares has accepted a mission that could benefit the family in these turbulent times. The situation in Japan, however, is more complicated than he thought, and Mara is tasked with a dangerous errand: concealing valuable jewels in the shipments of coffee beans. Ordered to protect her precious cargo at all costs, Mara is escorted by Coronel Juro Hokusai. A forbidden and passionate romance is kindled between them as they embark on the perilous journey to her family's plantation in Java, where past memories evolve into present-day horrors.
1942, Japn. Mientras la Segunda Guerra Mundial estalla y Espaa se enfrenta a los aos ms oscuros de la dictadura franquista, Jacinto Casares y su hija Mara preparan el equipaje para partir hacia el Imperio del Sol Naciente. Propietaria de una hacienda cafetera en la isla de Java, la familia ha decidido aceptar un encargo que podra beneficiarles en estos momentos convulsos. Sin embargo, cuando llegan a Japn todo se complica y Mara deber llevar a cabo una peligrosa misin: transportar joyas de gran valor escondidas entre el caf. Con la orden de protegerla a toda costa, la joven ser acompaada por el coronel Juro Hokusai, con quien empieza a florecer un amor prohibido y pasional. Juntos emprendern un viaje que los llevar hasta la plantacin familiar en Java, donde los recuerdos del pasado se convierten en los horrores del presente. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A tale of passion and secrets that change the lives of its protagonists as only love and war can do.
1942, Japan. As World War II rages and Spain endures the darkest years of the Franco dictatorship, Jacinto Casares and his daughter, Mara, prepare to start a new life in the Empire of the Rising Sun. The owner of a coffee plantation on the island of Java, Casares has accepted a mission that could benefit the family in these turbulent times. The situation in Japan, however, is more complicated than he thought, and Mara is tasked with a dangerous errand: concealing valuable jewels in the shipments of coffee beans. Ordered to protect her precious cargo at all costs, Mara is escorted by Coronel Juro Hokusai. A forbidden and passionate romance is kindled between them as they embark on the perilous journey to her family's plantation in Java, where past memories evolve into present-day horrors.
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