The Ginger Tree
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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.
Creator: Christopher Hampton
Network: BBC One
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Status
Ended
Samantha Bond
Mary MacKenzie
Daisuke Ryū
Count Kentaro Kurihama
Fumi Dan
Baroness Aiko Onnodera
Joanna McCallum
Alicia Bassett-Hill
Adrian Rawlins
Captain Richard Collingsworth
Nicholas Le Prevost
Sir Claude MacDonald
Cécile Paoli
Isabelle de Chamonpierre
Noriko Aida
Misao
