A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities
A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities is a 2018 Mandarin-language TV series of 20 episodes starring Tammy Chen, Peggy Tseng and James Wen. The plot revolves around a Taipei doctor and a San Francisco engineer who swap homes with each other in a pact, and its consequences.
The story is based on the arrangements of a Taiwanese girl living in Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan and a Taiwanese girl who grew up in San Francisco, California, United States. From two perspectives, they depict contemporary people's attitudes and life perspective, presenting sparks of different cultures.
It was released on September 1, 2018, on Taiwanese Public Television Service.
Cast
- Tammy Chen as Lee Nien-Nien
- Peggy Tseng as Josephine Huang
- James Wen as Teng Tien-Ming
- Lung Shao-hua as Lee Jen-Kuei
- Denny Huang as Ryan Yeh
- Poh-Shiang Lee as Hsiao-Meng
- Yi-Wen Yen as Wu Ching-Wen
- Yang Li-yin as Amy Chen
- Mei-Ling Lo as Floss
- Wanfang as Chien-Hui
Release
A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities was released on September 1, 2018, on Taiwanese Public Television Service alongside Netflix outside Taiwan. The series was aired the next day on Formosa Television, which is also where the series was aired it again in 2020. Both PTS & Formosa TV airing was only available on the linear TV, meaning that online TV airing was not available other than Taiwan Mobile's myVideo and Netflix.Soundtrack
- Love Yourself by Wanfang
- Make Me Listen by Holly Lou
- Never the Point by The Empire
- No Regrets, Only Love by Rose Liu
- The Ripples by Tommy Ljungberg
- 21st Century Jam by terrytyelee
- Bottom Line Acoustic ver. by Julia Wu
- Blue Magic Sunday by terrytyelee
- Life's Thinking About You by Parking Lot Pimp
- Uh Huh by Ape Kao
- Turn Up The Night To Music by terrytyelee
- You Win This Time by terrytyelee
- Find A Way by Julia Wu
- H.E.N.R.Y by Julia Wu
- Marching Forward by Lim Giong
- Babymama by BOi!
- Gravity by BOi!
- RiDE by BOi! feat. Xina Sui
- Call it a day - Tommy Ljungberg