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The Ginger Tree

on BBC One London

Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Oswald Wynd.
Last in a four-part series
Starring Samantha Bond as Mary Mackenzie, Daisuke Ryu as Count Kentaro Kurihama
with Fumi Dan as Baroness Aiko Onnodera, Joanna McCallum as Alicia and Cecile Paoli as Isabelle de Chamonpierre

1935: although resigned to never finding her son, Mary has remained in Japan and is now an extremely successful businesswoman. But with war brewing in Asia, Mary finds her position as a foreigner growing increasingly difficult. Mary receives a visit from Isabelle de Chamonpierre who tries to persuade her to return to Europe.

(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Christopher Hampton
Based on the novel by:
Oswald Wynd
Music composed and conducted by:
Dominic Muldowney
Script Editor:
Colin Ludlow
Make-up Designer:
Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Executive Producer:
Alan Shallcross
Producer:
Tim Ironside Wood
Director:
Anthony Garner
Mary Mackenzie:
Samantha Bond
Count Kentaro Kurihama:
Daisuke Ryu
Baroness Aiko Onnodera:
Fumi Dan
Alicia:
Joanna McCallum
Isabelle de Chamonpierre:
Cecile Paoli
Komoro:
Sakae Koike
Toba:
Natsue Ichkawa
Minagawa:
Shigeru Muroi
Katsugi:
Satoru Saito
Takashi Maruyama:
Eiji Kusuhara
Countess Kurihama:
Mari Shirato
Misao:
Noriko Aida
Takashi Okamoto:
Takeshi Oubayashi
Deportation officer:
Ryota Sakanishi
Deportation officer:
Eddie Yeoh
Purser:
Michael Godley
Captain Ozaki:
Kenichi Yajima

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