This Anglo-Japanese co-production told the story of young Scottish girl Mary Mackenzie (Samantha Bond), who, in 1903, travelled to join her English fiance, Captain Richard Collingsworth (Adrian Rawlins) in Manchuria.
She found herself trapped in a war zone and – disillusioned with her upper-crust officer husband – began a passionate affair with a married Japanese nobleman, Count Kentaro Kurihama (Daisuke Ryû).
She bore him a son and was subsequently forced to leave China for Japan, where she had to carve out a life for herself in Japanese society as both a Westerner and a woman.
The £4 million serial was the first BBC drama to be shot for High Definition Television (HDTV). It was shot on location in Japan, Taiwan and the UK.
Mary MacKenzie
Samantha Bond Count Kentaro Kurihama
Daisuke Ryû Baroness Aiko Onnodera
Fumi Dan Alicia Bassett-Hill
Joanna McCallum Captain Richard Collingsworth
Adrian Rawlins Isabelle de Chamonpierre
Cécile Paoli Minagawa
Shigeru Muroi Taro
Hironori Wada Misao
Noriko Aida Countess Kurihama
Mari Shirato Sir Claude MacDonald
Nicholas Le Prevost Margaret Blair
Carol Starks Komoro
Saike Koike Yoshio Nomura
Togo Igawa Hirushi Tsushima
Tetsurô Tanba
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She found herself trapped in a war zone and – disillusioned with her upper-crust officer husband – began a passionate affair with a married Japanese nobleman, Count Kentaro Kurihama (Daisuke Ryû).
