The Ginger Tree
TV ShowTitle | The Ginger Tree |
User score | 3.5 |
Release date | Nov 26, 1989 |
Release date of last episode | Dec 17, 1989 |
Genre | Drama |
Production country | GB |
Production companies | BBC |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 4 |
Run time | 50 min. |
In 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she falls in love with a married Japanese nobleman, Count Kentaro Kurihama, and bears him a son. She carves out a life for herself in Japanese society, despite the hardships and ostracism she faces as both a Westerner and a woman.
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See moreSamantha Bond
Mary MacKenzie
Daisuke Ryū
Count Kentaro Kurihama
Adrian Rawlins
Captain Richard Collingsworth
Fumi Dan
Baroness Aiko Onnodera
Joanna McCallum
Alicia Bassett-Hill
Nicholas Le Prevost
Sir Claude MacDonald
Nicholas Farrell
Father Anthony
Colin Stinton
Bob Dale
Mari Shirato
Countess Kurihama
Cecile Paoli
Isabelle de Chamonpierre
Shigeru Muroi
Minagawa
Noriko Aida
Misao