The Ginger Tree
1989 Drama 1 season
TMDB rating 5.7/10 Ended
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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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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Cast and details
Samantha BondMary MacKenzie
Daisuke RyūCount Kentaro Kurihama
Fumi DanBaroness Aiko Onnodera- Joanna McCallumAlicia Bassett-Hill
Adrian RawlinsCaptain Richard Collingsworth
Nicholas Le PrevostSir Claude MacDonald
Cécile PaoliIsabelle de Chamonpierre- Noriko AidaMisao
Shigeru MuroiMinagawa
Mari ShiratoCountess Kurihama
Carol StarksMargaret Blair
Nicholas FarrellFather Anthony
- Created by
- Christopher Hampton
- Network
- BBC One
- First aired
- Nov 26, 1989
- Latest episode
- Dec 17, 1989
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