''A War Diary'' is a 2001
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
an television series produced by Dream Forest Production. Set in the time of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, the series depicts the
Battle of Singapore
The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War. The Empire of Japan captured the British stronghold of Singapore, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. S ...
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
The Asian Television Awards, founded in 1996, is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, it comprises 56 categories across news, documentaries and curre ...
in 2002, including Best Drama Series.
Cast
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Tay Ping Hui
Tay Ping Hui (born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean actor and director, known for starring in many Chinese-language television dramas in Singapore and mainland China. In 2014, Tay made his directorial debut with the basketball film '' Meeti ...
as Lim Teck Meng
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Don Lim as Lim Teck Hock
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James Taenaka as Lieutenant Kinoshita Kenji
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Winston Chao as the resistance leader
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Tan Kheng Hua as Lim Swee Neo
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Fiona Xie as Rita Lim
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Carole Lin
Carole Lin (born 23 February 1973) is a Singaporean actress. Lin was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1995 to 2009. She won the Star Awards for Best Actress in 1997 for her role in '' The Price of Peace''.
Early life and career
Lin used to ...
as Bee Lian
* Valentine Cawley as
Stanley Warren
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Keagan Kang as Simon DeSouza
* Tracy Tan as Susan
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Aaron Aziz
* Robin Leong
* Samuel He
* Lim Yu Beng
* Tony Quek
* Jomar Staverløkk
External links
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''A War Diary''at MediaCorp.sg
Dream Forest Productions
2001 Singaporean television series debuts
2001 Singaporean television series endings
World War II television drama series
Channel 5 (Singapore) original programming
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