The Ginger Tree
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.
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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
Oliver Parker
Michael Evans · 1 ep
Jean Badin
Armand de Chamonpierre · 1 ep
Kwong Chee Leong
Yao Tsu · 1 ep
Togo Igawa
Yoshio Nomura · 1 ep
Toshie Ogura
Fukuda · 1 ep
Hiroshi Iyo
Dr Ikeda · 1 ep
Tetsuro Tamba
Hirushi Tsushima · 1 ep
Takashi Sasano
Hinobe · 1 ep
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