A War Diary is a 2001 Singaporean television series produced by Dream Forest Production. Set in the time of World War II, the series depicts the Battle of Singapore and life in Japanese-occupied Singapore from the point of view of an ethnic Chinese family. The dialogue, however, is primarily in English as the series was aired on the English-language television channel MediaCorp Channel 5. The series was nominated for four Asian Television Awards in 2002, including Best Drama Series.
| A War Diary | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Period drama |
| Starring | Tay Ping Hui James Taenaka Winston Chao Tan Kheng Hua Fiona Xie Carole Lin |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kenneth Liang |
| Producer | Jenny Lim |
| Production location | Singapore |
| Running time | 46 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Dream Forest Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | MediaCorp Channel 5 |
| Release | 15 August 2001 |
| Related | |
| The Price of Peace (1997) In Pursuit of Peace (2001) | |
Cast
- Tay Ping Hui as Lim Teck Meng
- Don Lim as Lim Teck Hock
- James Taenaka as Lieutenant Kinoshita Kenji
- Winston Chao as the resistance leader
- Tan Kheng Hua as Lim Swee Neo
- Fiona Xie as Rita Lim
- Carole Lin as Bee Lian
- Valentine Cawley as Stanley Warren
- Keagan Kang as Simon DeSouza
- Tracy Tan as Susan
- Aaron Aziz
- Robin Leong
- Samuel He
- Lim Yu Beng
- Tony Quek
- Jomar Staverløkk
External links
- A War Diary at IMDb
- A War Diary at MediaCorp.sg
- Dream Forest Productions
