The Price of Peace (1997)

Original title

和平的代价

Genre

historical drama

Country

Singapore

Length

1 season, 32 episodes

Rated

NC16

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series follows ordinary people living in Singapore during the Japanese occupation in World War II. It shows their struggles and survival based on real accounts from war veterans and eyewitnesses.

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What happens

The Price of Peace (和平的代价) is a Singaporean period drama television series set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. It starred Rayson Tan, Xiang Yun, Chen Shucheng, Jacintha Abisheganaden, James Lye, Lina Ng, Christopher Lee, Ivy Lee, Carole Lin and Ryan Choo. The series is based on a 1995 book of the same title published by Asiapac Books which contains numerous first-hand accounts of war veterans and eyewitnesses. The series was first aired on Television Corporation of Singapore's (TCS) Channel 8 on 30 June 1997. The drama has been rerun on MediaCorp Channel 8 several times since its premiere. The characters' dialogue was mostly dubbed by uncredited voice actors. Starting 1 August 2020, it was made available for streaming on Netflix along with over 100 Singaporean films and television series. The series is also viewable via Mediacorp's official streaming website meWATCH only in Singapore, as well as on its MediaCorp's YouTube channel . (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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