The Ginger Tree (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1989-11-26
Ended: 1989-12-17
Network: BBC One
Country: GB
Airs on: Sunday
Runtime: 50 minutes
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.