| 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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Rawlins | Captain Richard Collingsworth | 4 |
| Samantha Bond | Mary MacKenzie | 4 |
| Nicholas Farrell | Father Anthony | 4 |
| Colin Stinton | Bob Dale | 4 |
| Nicholas Le Prevost | Sir Claude MacDonald | 4 |
| Joanna McCallum | Alicia Bassett-Hill | 4 |
| Shigeru Muroi | Minagawa | 2 |