Taiwan Synopsis
西遊
In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marseille, he decided to make a film as tourist, capturing the beautiful Mediterranean sunshine in the late summer of that year. He also invited famous French actor, Denis Lavant, to appear alongside Lee Kang-Sheng playing Xuanzang. "Journey to the West" was invited to be the opening short film at the Berlin International Film Festival the same year.
The 2013–2015 Taiwan Window
Journey to the West holds position #8 of 19 Taiwan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Taiwan, 70 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Journey to the West premiered alongside 7 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 7 other Taiwan films in 2014.
The 107th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Audience Engagement
27 audience reviews — more than 59% of Taiwan films in our index.
Review volume (59th percentile) outruns trending popularity (16th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #107 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #83 of 118 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Taiwan |
| Original Language | Fr |
| Production Companies | House on Fire |
| Runtime | 56m |
| Release Date | February 9, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3521442 |