The Price of Peace (1997)
- Original title
- 和平的代价
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country
- Singapore
- Length
- 1 season, 32 episodes
- Rated
- NC16
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Masters of the Sea (1994)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.