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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: BBC One
- Mot-clé: japan, based on novel or book, world war ii, army, miniseries, mother child separation
- Jeter: Samantha Bond, Daisuke Ryū, Adrian Rawlins, Fumi Dan, Joanna McCallum, Nicholas Le Prevost
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