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The God of Cookery (Chinese: 食神) is a 1996 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Hong Kong comedian, actor and director, Stephen Chow, best known in the West for his films Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. This is known to be Chow's first film to utilize deep and sometimes dark themes while retaining his signature nonsensical style. An 35-mm print of the film brought by Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy was shown at a sold-out screening at one of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar's "Food and Film Events".
Original Release
12/21/1996
US Release
12/27/1996
Cast
Name | Character |
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Karen Mok | Turkey / Twin Dagger Turkey |
Vincent Kok | Bull Tong |
Man-Tat Ng | Old Man / Benbry's uncle |
Tats Lau | Wet Dream / Abbot, Wet Dreams |
Nancy Sit | Competition Judge (The Princess of Taste) |
Stephen Au | Emcee / MC for Stephen |
Chi-Shing Chan | |
Tung Chen | |
Samantha Man-Kwan Chuk | TV reporter |
Christy Chung | High School Fantasy Girl / Cameo |
Directors
Writers
Stephen Chow, Kan-Cheung Tsang, Bill Curry
Cast
Name | Character |
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Karen Mok | Turkey / Twin Dagger Turkey |
Vincent Kok | Bull Tong |
Man-Tat Ng | Old Man / Benbry's uncle |
Tats Lau | Wet Dream / Abbot, Wet Dreams |
Nancy Sit | Competition Judge (The Princess of Taste) |
Stephen Au | Emcee / MC for Stephen |
Chi-Shing Chan | |
Tung Chen | |
Samantha Man-Kwan Chuk | TV reporter |
Christy Chung | High School Fantasy Girl / Cameo |
Lung Dai | Tai Long |
Clarence Hui | |
Liz Kong | Reporter at Competition / Reporter |
Suet Lam | Pudgy Triad Member |
Kar-Ying Law | Competition Master of Ceremonies |
Suet-Ling Law | |
Kin-Yan Lee | Fan Club Member |
Siu-Kei Lee | Goosehead |
Russ Price | |
Tin-Bo Tam | Hawker stall patron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Stephen Chow | Producer |
Kwok-fai Yeung | Producer |