The Ginger Tree (1989)
| First Air Date: | 1989, November 26 |
| Last Air Date: | 1989, December 17 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 4 |
| Episode Runtime: | 50 min |
| Created by: | Christopher Hampton |
| Countries: | United Kingdom, Japan, United States of America |
| Production: | BBC, NHK, Hallet Street, GBH |
| Cast: | Samantha Bond, Daisuke Ryū |
Overview:
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.