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The Ginger Tree (1989)

Ended ★ 5.7/10 1 Season 4 Episodes 50m Drama
Network: BBC One

Description

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.

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Samantha Bond
Samantha Bond Mary MacKenzie
Daisuke Ryū
Daisuke Ryū Count Kentaro Kurihama
KEYWORDS: japan based on novel or book world war i manchuria diplomat army miniseries war zone mother child separation 1900s

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