The Ginger Tree (1989)
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.
First Air Date: 1989-11-26
Last Air Date: 1989-12-17
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 4
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Samantha Bond as Mary MacKenzie
- Daisuke Ryū as Count Kentaro Kurihama
- Adrian Rawlins as Captain Richard Collingsworth
- Fumi Dan as Baroness Aiko Onnodera
- Joanna McCallum as Alicia Bassett-Hill
- Nicholas Le Prevost as Sir Claude MacDonald
- Nicholas Farrell as Father Anthony
- Colin Stinton as Bob Dale
- Mari Shirato as Countess Kurihama
- Cécile Paoli as Isabelle de Chamonpierre
Seasons
Miniseries (1989)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: 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.
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Ep. 2: 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...
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
On his father's instructions, Mary's son has been abducted.
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Ep. 4: 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.
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