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The Ginger Tree

TV·1989–1989·1 season, 4 episodes·BBC One·Drama·50m·Created by Christopher Hampton

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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.

Cast

Samantha BondSamantha BondMary MacKenzieDaisuke RyūDaisuke RyūCount Kentaro Kurihama

Episodes by season

Season014Episodes1989Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Part 1November 26, 1989—1903: Mary Mackenzie makes an epic journey to Manchuria to wed her dashing fiance Richard Collingsworth. But the region is on the brink of w
  2. S01E02Part 2December 3, 1989—Trapped in an unhappy marriage and with her husband away for a year, Mary finds love with a Japanese nobleman. Now she is pregnant...
  3. S01E03Part 3December 10, 1989—On his father's instructions, Mary's son has been abducted.
  4. S01E04Part 4December 17, 1989—Although resigned to never finding her son, Mary has remained in Japan and is now an extremely successful businesswoman. But with war brewin

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