
About the TV Show

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The Ginger Tree
First Air Date: November 26, 1989
First Aired on | : | 1989 |
Status | : | Ended |
Created By | : | |
Networks | : | BBC One |
Genres | : | Drama |
Seasons/Episodes | : | 4 episodes in 1 Seasons |
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.