The Ginger Tree
26/11/1989
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.
Drama
TV Show Information
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
