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Asian dramas that leap between past and present
A Quest To Heal zips from ancient China to modern Singapore, while history returns to haunt the leads of Graceful Friends
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It is refreshing to see a local drama that does not revolve around bickering neighbours, but is instead centred on imperial intrigue set some 500 years ago in the Ming Dynasty.
A Quest To Heal, partly filmed in China's Hengdian film studio, begins in the reign of Emperor Jiajing (1521 to 1567).
