The Ginger Tree (1989)

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Scottish woman travels to Japan in the early 1900s to marry a British diplomat. When she falls into a forbidden love affair with a Japanese aristocrat, she must navigate cultural divides and personal exile.

melancholicslow-burnperiodromanticrestrainedatmosphericemotionally intensevisually detailed

What happens

The Ginger Tree is a 1989 four-part BBC TV adaptation of the Oswald Wynd 1977 novel of the same name. It was adapted by Christopher Hampton and directed by Anthony Garner and Morimasa Matsumoto. It aired on BBC1 from 26 November to 17 December 1989, and starred Samantha Bond, Daisuke Ryu, and Adrian Rawlins. It was the first high-definition serial to be made for the BBC, although it wasn't broadcast in HD or given an HD release. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre in 1990. It was produced in 1035 line HD using the Sony HDD 1000 VTR. The series won the 1990 BAFTA for Best Video Lighting (by Clive Thomas). It was also nominated for Best Video Cameraman (Ron Green), Best Design (Michael Young), Best Costume Design (Michael Burdle), and Best VTR Editor (Stan Pow). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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