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The Ginger Tree
The Ginger Tree

The Ginger Tree

3.5 Nov 1989 1 Season 4 Episodes
Ended
Drama

Overview

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.

BBC
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Samantha Bond

Samantha Bond

Mary MacKenzie

Daisuke Ryū

Daisuke Ryū

Count Kentaro Kurihama

Adrian Rawlins

Adrian Rawlins

Captain Richard Collingsworth

Fumi Dan

Fumi Dan

Baroness Aiko Onnodera

Joanna McCallum

Joanna McCallum

Alicia Bassett-Hill

Nicholas Le Prevost

Nicholas Le Prevost

Sir Claude MacDonald

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Father Anthony

Colin Stinton

Colin Stinton

Bob Dale

Key Crew

Anthony Garner

Anthony Garner

Director

Morimasa Matsumoto

Morimasa Matsumoto

Director

Oswald Wynd

Oswald Wynd

Author

Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton

Writer

E1

Episode 1

1903: Mary Mackenzie makes an epic journey to Manchuria to wed her dashing fiance Richard Collingsworth. But the region is on the brink of war, and Mary's life proves very different from what she imagined.

Nov 26, 1989 50m
E2

Episode 2

Trapped in an unhappy marriage and with her husband away for a year, Mary finds love with a Japanese nobleman. Now she is pregnant...

Dec 3, 1989 50m
E3

Episode 3

On his father's instructions, Mary's son has been abducted.

Dec 10, 1989 50m
E4

Episode 4

Although resigned to never finding her son, Mary has remained in Japan and is now an extremely successful businesswoman. But with war brewing in Asia, Mary finds her position as a foreigner growing increasingly difficult. Mary receives a visit from Isabelle de Chamonpierre who tries to persuade her to return to Europe.

Dec 17, 1989 50m

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