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Amazing Train Journeys

Taïwan (Season 8, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Taipei: at the central railway station a great space for encounters: people sitting on the floor talking, eating and drinking.Philippe takes a suburban train: there he meets women wearing face masks (a ...See moreBeginning of the journey in Taipei: at the central railway station a great space for encounters: people sitting on the floor talking, eating and drinking.Philippe takes a suburban train: there he meets women wearing face masks (a protection against the air contamination specially in crowded places).Then Philippe goes to a temple: young people are praying to Yue Lao (the old man under the moon, god of the marriage and love) and they hope to meet a good companion.Later Taipei by night, a festival of lights.In a night market Philippe tries to eat stinky tofu.Then Philippe travels to Alishan and takes the train at 4.30 am. to Zhushan: a lady explains him that all the people have come to see the sunrise.In the forest of Alishan Philippe meets a maintenance team who is changing the railway sleepers, then they see with him sacred trees (Taiwan red cypress-Chamaecyparis formosensis); specially two 2000 years old trees : couples come here hoping that these sacred trees will give them a long marriage.Philippe leaves the mountains and in the countryside he meets in a colorful village a drum producer who will tune a great drum for a Buddhist temple.In Taichung Philippe takes the high speed train (Shinkansen technology) to Taipei.Later Philippe visits a cat paws house; records made with cat meowing.Later Philippes takes the Taipei underground and notices that the train is very clean: it's forbidden to eat or to drink in the underground.Philippe speaks with a passenger about the respect of the law in Taiwan.In this train Philippe meets a young woman with a Lolita fashion clothing, she invites him to go to a Lolita fashion clothing shop and all the young Lolitas and Philippe dressed as a prince have a photo shooting. Written by zutterjp48 See less
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Director
Nicolas Boero
Writers
Nicolas Boero | Bernard d'Abrigeon (original idea) | François Gall (original idea) | Philippe Gougler
Editors
Sandie Couratier | Samuel Vallienne
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Updated Aug 23, 2018
Release date
Aug 23, 2018 (France)

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Philippe Gougler
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Amazing Train Journeys (2011)
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