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The Ginger Tree
November 26 1989 – December 17 1989Rating
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- Genre: Drama
- Episode runtime: 50 m
- Company: BBC
- Network: BBC One
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.