In Pursuit of Peace is a Singaporean television drama set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. The series was first run on the Chinese-language TCS 8th Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 8) from 9 March to 11 May 2001 on Friday nights. The series is based on the 1999 book Eternal Vigilance: The Price of Freedom (published by Asiapac Books), which contains numerous eyewitness accounts of survivors of the Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia.
The series is set in the time of World War II during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. The effects of war on people's lives are dramatically portrayed in the drama, which centers on the daily lives of characters from three different families and how they lived through the occupation.
In contrast with The Price of Peace, a similar television drama aired on the same channel in 1997, In Pursuit of Peace places more emphasis on the development of the characters, while the former focuses more on historical aspects of the Japanese occupation. Themes of friendship, father-son relationship, romance are explored in this series, revolving around the main characters. This series, unlike its predecessor, also places more emphasis on major
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