The Candidate (1998 film)

The Candidate is a 1998 Taiwanese political satire mockumentary film directed and written by Neil Peng, starring himself as presidential candidate Hsu Giu Jing who campaigns for national vegetarianism. The film was shown at the 1999 Hawaii International Film Festival.^[1]

The Candidate
Traditional Chinese	為人民服務
Simplified Chinese	为人民服务
Literal meaning	Serve the People
Hanyu Pinyin	Wèi Rénmín Fúwù
Directed by	Neil Peng
Written by	Neil Peng
Produced by	Hsu Li-kong
Starring	Neil Peng Yu Mei-jen Emi Lee Lang Tsu-yun Debby Yang
Cinematography	Chen Ting-an
Edited by	Chen Po-wen
Production company	Zoom Hunt International Productions
Release date	1998 (1998)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin, with some Hokkien and English

Plot

Cast

• Neil Peng as Hsu Giu Jing
• Yu Mei-jen as Yu Mei-jen, Hsu Giu Jing's wife
• Lang Tsu-yun as Irene, Hsu Giu Jing's spokesperson
• Emi Lee as Yu An-an
• Debby Yang as Annie
• Chao Tzu-chiang as Vice President Li
• Shih Wei as Vice President Feng
• Lu Wei-lin as Male news reporter
• Yang Yu-wen as Female news reporter
• Huang Chih-hao as Wei
• Chin Andi as Mao
• Lan Ling as Zhen
• Chen Yaling as Mei
• Chien Te-men as Master Hsing Hsing
• Alyssa Chia as Hsu Giu Jing's mother
• Sun Da-wei as Hsu Chiu Jing's father
• Wang Yu-wen as Hsu Giu Jing's father's lover
• Wang Hao-wei as Chiang Kai-shek's physician

Special appearances

• Cheng Tsai-tung as Cheng Tsai-tung, painter
• Yee Chin-yen as Documentary director
• Sisy Chen as "Herself", Hsu Giu Jing's secret lover
• Chen Horng-chi as himself
• Cheng Li-wen as herself
• Pang Chien-kuo as himself
• Jaw Shaw-kong as himself
• Kevin Tsai as himself
• Poe Ta-chung as himself
• Susan Yeh as herself
• Ellen Huang as herself
• Winston Chao
• Danny Dun as man interviewed on the street
• Chien Wei-chuan as Basketball player
• Ang Lee as Hsu Giu Jing's childhood friend