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.
Unfortunately the movie Journey to the West is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Tsai Ming-liang | Director |
| Writing | Tsai Ming-liang | Adaptation |
| Editing | Lei Chen-ching | Editor |
| Sound | Xavier Dreyfuss | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Wu Cheng'en | Novel |
| Sound | Frédéric Salles | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Antoine Héberlé | Director of Photography |
| Production | Vincent Wang | Producer |
| Production | Frédéric Bellaïche | Producer |
