The Ginger Tree DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US,Canada, Mexico, etc.) 2-Disc Set. Color. Miniseries. Beautifully re-mastered! Close captioned in English.
Starring: Samantha Bond, Daisuke Ryu, Joanna McCallum, Fumi Dan, Adrian Rollins, Noriko Aida, Togo Igawa. Written by Christopher Hampton, based on "The Ginger Tree" by Oswald Wynd. Directed by Anthony Garner, Marimasa Matsumoto.
In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie (Samantha Bond) sets sail for China to marry her betrothed (Adrian Rawlins), a military attache in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman (Daisuke Ryu), scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small son. (For whom she searches her entire life.) Abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923, carving out a life for herself in Japanese society, despite the hardships and ostracism she faces as both a Westerner and a woman.
A wonderful, moving story of love against all odds and the resilience of a determined woman.
Winner of two BAFTA Awards!