Release Date

26 Nov, 1989

Runtime

00:50: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

4/1

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Ginger Tree

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Miniseries

26 Nov, 1989

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.

Created By

Christopher Hampton

Actors

Samantha Bond

隆大介

Crew

Oswald Wynd

Timothy Ironside-Wood

Alan Shallcross

Naonori Kawamura

Marilyn Hall

Rebecca Eaton

Stan Pow

Dominic Muldowney

Ron Green

Michael Young

Michael Burdle

Christine Walmesley-Cotham

Jane Cole

Kate Power