Collection · 11 movies

Walker Series

All 11 movies of Walker Series in release order, with ratings and where to stream each one in United States.

Watch Walker Series in release order: No Form (2012), Sleepwalk (2012), Diamond Sutra (2012), Walker (2012), Journey to the West (2014), No No Sleep (2015), Sand (2018), Where (2022), Abiding Nowhere (2024), Night Journey (2025) and Dust (2026).

Tsai Ming-liang's "Walker" series, featuring actor Lee Kang-Sheng in the role of a monk who walks very slowly.

1

No Form 2012

In 2011, Tsai Ming-Liang staged a play, "Only You", for Taiwan's National Theater and Concert Hall. In it, there was a powerfully moving scene where monk Xuanzang walked at an extremely slow pace for half an hour…
2

Sleepwalk 2012

★ 6/10

A continuation of Tsai Ming-Liang's Walker series, featuring Lee Kang-Sheng as a barefoot monk who walks very slowly.
3

Diamond Sutra 2012

★ 6/10

In 2012, Taiwanese architects Michael Lin and Liao Wei-li invited Tsai Ming-Liang to create moving visuals for their exhibit at the Venise Architecture Biennale. Using the space at their preview exhibition in Taiwan…
4

Walker 2012

★ 6.2/10

In 2012, the Hong Kong International Film Festival invited Tsai Ming-Ling to make the opening short film. Having grown up with Hong Kong's popular culture, Tsai Ming-Liang decided to pay homage by making a "Walker"…
5

Journey to the West 2014

★ 6.3/10

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…
6

No No Sleep 2015

★ 6.1/10

In the wee hours of winter a night train travels through a sleepless city. This is a panorama of a Buddhist monk’s journey through Tokyo at night. He also stops at a bath-house in a capsule hotel, where he makes a…
7

Sand 2018

In 2018, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited by the Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Administration to make this film, his eighth in the "Walker" series. In the constant passage of time, the Zen-like footsteps of…
8

Where 2022

The ninth opus of his Walker Films series, which was shot at Centre Pompidou.
9

Abiding Nowhere 2024

★ 7/10

The walker with the shaved head and dressed in a red robe is barefoot. He walks slowly but determinedly through the forest, over stones and grassland. He also makes his way through the shadows of trees and houses. He…
10

Night Journey 2025

A sleeping city, streets without people. A figure in a red robe walks slowly — across a carpet of leaves, over cobblestones, along the cold pavement. Autumn night fog descends upon the city. In the cinema, people watch…
11

Dust 2026

★ 7.5/10

He wanders around the Comb of the Wind, where the sea rises and breaks against the shore. Along the way, he passes an old Basque farmhouse, a silent man, a woman drinking water, a woman smoking, punks gathered in a…