The Ginger Tree(1989)
Drama
First Air Date: 1989-11-26
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 5.7
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
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.
Keywords
japanbased on novel or bookworld war imanchuriadiplomatarmyminiserieswar zonemother child separation1900s
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 4E01
Part 1
Air Date: 1989-11-26
1903: Mary Mackenzie makes an epic journey to Manchuria to wed her dashing fiance Richard Collingsworth. But the regi...
E02
Part 2
Air Date: 1989-12-03
Trapped in an unhappy marriage and with her husband away for a year, Mary finds love with a Japanese nobleman. Now sh...
E03
Part 3
Air Date: 1989-12-10
On his father's instructions, Mary's son has been abducted.
E04
Part 4
Air Date: 1989-12-17
Although resigned to never finding her son, Mary has remained in Japan and is now an extremely successful businesswom...
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