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The Ginger Tree (1989)

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TV : Drama : VHS quality : English
The Ginger Tree (1989)
BBC1 - 26 November, 3, 10, 17 December 1989 (4 Episodes)

WARNING: Read the note about quality as this version is not high quality.

In 1903, a young Scots woman goes to join her diplomat fiance 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 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. Based on the book by Oswald Wynd.

The programme was co-produced by the BBC, NHK (Japan) and WGBH (Boston). This was the first BBC production to be filmed in High-Definition, though high definition this version is not.

This series has never been released on Video or DVD and it is difficult to find copies, otherwise I wouldn't have even thought of distributing this incomplete and low quality collection. If you have a better or complete copy please consider making it available.

Quality:

This is from a low quality home VHS recording and the video quality is poor, but it is watchable ... though read on.

There are a few video glitches, but not too many. The first 4 minutes of Episode 1 are unwatchable, containing a number of complete video break-downs. But after the first 4 minutes it settles down.

Audio is generally OK. There are some sub-second blips, the occasional crackle and pop, but again if you ignore the problems with the first 4 minutes I think you will find the audio reasonable enough, bearing in mind the overall low quality of this version.

Episode 2 is incomplete. The part included here is the first 29 minutes, the last 23 minutes are missing.

Filename.........: The Ginger Tree (1989) - Episode 1 (First 4 Mins Damaged)[TVRip.VHS(XviD)].avi
Filesize.....: 450,668,544 bytes
Runtime......: 52:41.290 (94743 frames)
Video Codec..: XviD ISO MPEG-4 (B-VOP//)
Video Bitrate: 998 kbps
Aspect Ratio.: 512x384 (1.333)
Framerate....: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec..: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 128kbps 2ch CBR 48000Hz

Filename.........: The Ginger Tree (1989) - Episode 2 (End 23 Mins Missing) [TVRip.VHS(XviD)].avi
Filesize.....: 246,636,544 bytes
Runtime......: 28:55.151 (52002 frames)
Video Codec..: XviD ISO MPEG-4 (B-VOP//)
Video Bitrate: 995 kbps
Aspect Ratio.: 512x384 (1.333)
Framerate....: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec..: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 128kbps 2ch CBR 48000Hz

Filename.........: The Ginger Tree (1989) - Episode 3 [TVRip.VHS(XviD)].avi
Filesize.....: 428,685,312 bytes
Runtime......: 50:09.036 (90180 frames)
Video Codec..: XviD ISO MPEG-4 (B-VOP//)
Video Bitrate: 997 kbps
Aspect Ratio.: 512x384 (1.333)
Framerate....: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec..: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 128kbps 2ch CBR 48000Hz

Filename.........: The Ginger Tree (1989) - Episode 4 [TVRip.VHS(XviD)].avi
Filesize.....: 442,834,944 bytes
Runtime......: 51:44.265 (93034 frames)
Video Codec..: XviD ISO MPEG-4 (B-VOP//)
Video Bitrate: 999 kbps
Aspect Ratio.: 512x384 (1.333)
Framerate....: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec..: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 128kbps 2ch CBR 48000Hz

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