The Price of Peace
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| 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 |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin English (dub) |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
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| Producer(s) | Kok Len Shoong Au Yuk Sing |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
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| Original network |
TCS Eighth Frequency TCS Fifth Frequency |
| Original release | 30 June – 19 August 1997 |
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| Related shows | In Pursuit of Peace |
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| Traditional Chinese | 和平的代價 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 和平的代价 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hépíng De Dàijià |
The Price of Peace is a Singaporean television drama set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. It was first aired on TCS Eighth Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 8) on 30 June 1997. Although the drama was originally in Mandarin, an English-dubbed version was also broadcast on TCS Fifth Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 5) in 1999. The drama has been rerun on MediaCorp Channel 8 several times since its premiere and its latest airing was in August 2013. 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 plot is divided into seven parts, each focusing on distinct themes and events.
On 7 July 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident sparks off the Second Sino-Japanese War as the Empire of Japan launches a full invasion on the Republic of China. Dida Cheng, a deserter from the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, flees to Malaya, where he meets Cuicui, a Chinese opera actress, and Hideko, a Japanese woman. The three of them are drawn into a complex love triangle. Xie Guomin, an anti-Japanese activist, and Zhou Wenlong, the asthmatic son of a tailor shop owner, both fall in love with the porridge vendor Wang Qiumei. After Wang is publicly humiliated by an evil businessman, she is saved by Zhou and decides to marry him. However, she is already secretly pregnant with Xie's child. Their relationships become very strained.
After the Japanese occupied Singapore in 1942, they initiate the Sook Ching Massacre in which thousands of Chinese deemed to be anti-Japanese activists are rounded up, persecuted and executed. The main character is arrested by the Kempeitai and he becomes a hanjian and informer after succumbing to the enemy under torture. On the other hand, Dida Cheng becomes a resistance fighter and an ally of Force 136, and he continues to fight the Japanese invaders to liberate Singapore.
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