
A survivor of a brutal Japanese prison camp , Teoh Yun Ling has been working with the Malaysian authorities punish the japanese war criminals for several years. She despises the japanese for killing her younger sister, but to pay tribute to her soul she travels to the highlands to go to the renowned gardener Nakamura Aritomo. Aritomo refuses to figure for Yun Ling but instead takes her in as an apprentice in order that she will build her own garden. Residing within the tea room, Yun Ling begins performing at The Garden of Evening Mists and learns to style a garden. Yet outside of the Malaysian jungle, another war is waging in Malaysia during a continued state of emergency. Malay nationalists are fighting British for independence, while communist guerillas are brutally killing farmers, miners, and their families in every way they will to realize control over the regions. tt8434152