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.

The Ginger Tree (1989)
12h 50m
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Samantha Bond
Mary MacKenzie (4 episodes)

Daisuke Ryū
Count Kentaro Kurihama (4 episodes)

Adrian Rawlins
Captain Richard Collingsworth (4 episodes)

Fumi Dan
Baroness Aiko Onnodera (4 episodes)
JM
Joanna McCallum
Alicia Bassett-Hill (4 episodes)

Nicholas Le Prevost
Sir Claude MacDonald (4 episodes)

Nicholas Farrell
Father Anthony (4 episodes)

Colin Stinton
Bob Dale (4 episodes)

Mari Shirato
Countess Kurihama (2 episodes)