Netflix show highlights Taiwanese religious traditions with a modern flairStaff writer, with CNANetflix show "Agent from Above" (乩身) has garnered widespread positive reviews with Taiwan’s traditional temple culture as its main backdrop. Besides temples, the crew also took the liberty of including Taiwan’s modern architecture into sets, Lai said. To further bring traditional Taiwan to international audiences, even actor Jacob Wang’s (王柏傑) portrayal of Nezha was redesigned. According to Kuan, even the soundtrack is a modern twist on Taiwan’s temples. The sound team’s idea was to "use Taiwan’s temple instruments but not really use such melodies," Kuan said.

Source: Taipei Times April 06, 2026 17:16 UTC