Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- The Ginger Tree
- Release
- November 26, 1989
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 50min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Christopher Hampton
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Samantha Bond
Mary MacKenzie
4 eps.
Daisuke Ryū
Count Kentaro Kurihama
4 eps.
Fumi Dan
Baroness Aiko Onnodera
3 eps.
Joanna McCallum
Alicia Bassett-Hill
3 eps.
Adrian Rawlins
Captain Richard Collingsworth
2 eps.
Nicholas Le Prevost
Sir Claude MacDonald
2 eps.
Cécile Paoli
Isabelle de Chamonpierre
2 eps.
Noriko Aida
Misao
2 eps.
Shigeru Muroi
Minagawa
2 eps.
Mari Shirato
Countess Kurihama
2 eps.
Carol Starks
Margaret Blair
1 ep.
Nicholas Farrell
Father Anthony
1 ep.
