''A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities'' () is a 2018 Mandarin-language TV series of 20 episodes starring Tammy Chen, Peggy Tseng and

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. 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

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and a Taiwanese girl who grew up in

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. 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

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Cast

* Tammy Chen as Lee Nien-Nien * Peggy Tseng as Josephine Huang *

as Teng Tien-Ming *

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as Lee Jen-Kuei * Denny Huang as Ryan Yeh * Poh-Shiang Lee as Hsiao-Meng * Yi-Wen Yen as Wu Ching-Wen *

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as Amy Chen * Mei-Ling Lo as Floss *

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as Chien-Hui

Release

''A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities'' was released on September 1, 2018, on Taiwanese

alongside

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outside Taiwan. The series was aired the next day on

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, which is also where the series was aired it again in 2020. Both PTS & Formosa TV airing was only available on the linear TV (both terrestrial and cable TV), meaning that online TV airing was not available other than

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's myVideo and Netflix.

Soundtrack

*Love Yourself by Wanfang (Opening Theme) *Make Me Listen by Holly Lou *Never the Point by The Empire (Closing Theme) *No Regrets, Only Love (沒遺憾，只有愛) by Rose Liu (Closing Theme on second airing) *The Ripples by Tommy Ljungberg *21st Century Jam by terrytyelee *Bottom Line Acoustic ver. (底線 Acoustic) 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 (這次算妳贏拉) by terrytyelee *Find A Way by Julia Wu *H.E.N.R.Y by Julia Wu *Marching Forward (向前走) by

Lim Giong Lim Giong (; born 7 June 1964) is a Taiwanese musician, DJ, actor, and an active figure in the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene. He is known for recording rock songs in Taiwanese Hokkien, starting with his first hit song "Marching F ...

*Babymama (我孩的媽) by BOi! *Gravity by BOi! *RiDE by BOi! feat. Xina Sui *Call it a day - Tommy Ljungberg (This TV series doesn't put this song on, but still featured it anyway.)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taiwanese Tale Of Two Cities, A 2018 Taiwanese television series debuts 2019 Taiwanese television series endings Public Television Service original programming Formosa Television original programming Gala Television original programming Mandarin-language television shows Netflix original programming Television shows set in Taiwan Television shows set in San Francisco