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TV series / 1989
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Samantha BondMary MacKenzie
Daisuke RyūCount Kentaro Kurihama
Fumi DanBaroness Aiko Onnodera
Joanna McCallumAlicia Bassett-Hill
Adrian RawlinsCaptain Richard Collingsworth
Nicholas Le PrevostSir Claude MacDonald
Cécile PaoliIsabelle de Chamonpierre
Noriko AidaMisao
Shigeru MuroiMinagawa
Mari ShiratoCountess Kurihama
Carol StarksMargaret Blair
Nicholas FarrellFather Anthony
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Oliver ParkerMichael Evans
Jean BadinArmand de Chamonpierre
Kwong Chee LeongYao Tsu
Togo IgawaYoshio Nomura
Toshie OguraFukuda
Hiroshi IyoDr Ikeda
Tetsuro TambaHirushi Tsushima
Takashi SasanoHinobe
Kae ShimadaMrs Yamanuchi
Nanako TsukamotoMiss Arima
Toshi ShioyaAkira Suzuki
Colin StintonBob Dale
Barbara BarnesEmma Lou Dale
Sakae KoikeKomoro
Natsue IchikawaToba
Satoru SaitoKatsugi
Eiji KusuharaTakashi Maruyama
Takeshi ŌbayashiTakashi Okamoto
Kenichi YajimaCaptain Nobushige Ozaki
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