The Price of Peace | |
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和平的代价 | |
Genre | Period drama |
Written by | Ang Eng Tee Chong Liang Sin Guo Yude |
Directed by | Loo Yin Kam |
Starring | Rayson Tan Xiang Yun Chen Shucheng Jacintha Abisheganaden James Lye Lina Ng Christopher Lee Ivy Lee Carole Lin Ryan Choo |
Opening theme | The Price of Peace (和平的代价) performed by Sebastian Tan (drama) and Christopher Lee (ending) |
Country of origin | Singapore |
Original languages | Mandarin English (dub) |
No. of episodes | 32 |
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Producers | Kok Len Shoong Au Yuk Sing |
Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
Original release | |
Network | TCS Eighth Frequency TCS Fifth Frequency |
Release | 30 June 19 August 1997 | –
Related | |
In Pursuit of Peace (2001) A War Diary (2001) | |
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The Price of Peace is a Singaporean television drama 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.
It was first aired on Television Corporation of Singapore's (TCS) Channel 8 on 30 June 1997. The drama was then dubbed in English and then broadcast on TCS's Channel 5 in 1999. The drama has been rerun on MediaCorp Channel 8 several times since its premiere
Starting 1 August 2020, it was made available for streaming on Netflix along with over 100 Singapore-made films and series.[1] The whole series is also currently viewable via Mediacorp's official streaming website meWATCH in solely the region of Singapore, in addition to its official YouTube channel .[2]