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Of Cooks and Kung Fu A.K.A. Duel of the Dragon • 饕餮功 (1979)
Of Cooks and Kung Fu A.K.A. Duel of the Dragon • 饕餮功 (1979)
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Of Cooks and Kung Fu (1979), also released as Duel of the Dragon, Fists of Vengeance, Cooks of Kung Fu, and Tao Tie Gong (饕餮功), is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial arts comedy directed by Ting Chung. Starring Jackie Chen (Chan Siu-lung), Kai Chia, Chen Shan, Lee Kwan, and Wu Ma, the film mixes traditional kung fu with comedy, revenge, and the unusual concept of Cooking Kung Fu. Produced during the popular kung fu comedy period of the late 1970s, it remains an entertaining choice for collectors of unusual old-school martial arts films. Available from ClassicKungFuMovies.com for collectors seeking rare kung fu movies and hard-to-find physical media.
STORY OVERVIEW
After a respected royal chef and his household are murdered by a jealous rival, the chef's young grandson is secretly rescued and raised by the eccentric Master Glutton. Years later, the boy has been trained in an unusual martial arts system based around the movements and techniques of cooking. When the time comes to face the men responsible for his family's destruction, his strange training becomes the key to surviving a series of dangerous encounters.
MARTIAL ARTS HIGHLIGHTS
Of Cooks and Kung Fu is built around the film's unusual Cooking Kung Fu style, combining traditional martial arts movements with techniques inspired by cooking. The action features hand-to-hand combat, acrobatic movement, creative props, and the fast-paced choreography associated with late-1970s kung fu cinema. Jackie Chen brings an energetic physical performance to the unusual fighting style.
WHY COLLECTORS PICK IT
Collectors appreciate Of Cooks and Kung Fu for its unusual premise and its place in the wave of martial arts comedies that became popular in Hong Kong during the late 1970s. The combination of revenge, comedy, traditional kung fu, and Cooking Kung Fu gives the film a distinctive character among independent martial arts productions of the period.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Released in 1979, Of Cooks and Kung Fu represents the inventive side of the Hong Kong and Taiwanese kung fu movie boom. Films of this period regularly experimented with unusual training methods, comic characters, and distinctive fighting styles, and this title stands out for turning the movements of a chef into the basis for its martial arts action.
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Verified AKAs:
- Of Cooks and Kung Fu – International English title
- Duel of the Dragon – English export title
- Fists of Vengeance – English video title
- Cooks of Kung Fu – Alternate English title
- Tao Tie Gong – Mandarin Pinyin
- 饕餮功 – Traditional Chinese title
- Director: Ting Chung
- Writer: Szeto Man
- Studio: Great China Film Company
- Starring: Jackie Chen (Chan Siu-lung), Kai Chia, Chen Shan, Lee Kwan, Wu Ma
- Format: DVD
- Language: English Dubbed
- Running Time: 90 Minutes
- Country: Hong Kong / Taiwan
- Release Year: 1979
Carefully researched and prepared for collectors of classic martial arts cinema by ClassicKungFuMovies.com.
Of Cooks and Kung Fu is a distinctive Kung Fu Movie from the late 1970s, a period when Hong Kong and Taiwanese filmmakers were producing martial arts films with increasingly unusual training methods, fighting styles, and comic situations. Its Cooking Kung Fu concept gives it a place among the more unusual Classic Kung Fu Movies of the era.
For collectors searching for a traditional Kung Fu Movie, this 1979 title combines hand-to-hand fighting, martial arts training, revenge, comedy, and old-school choreography in a style closely associated with the independent kung fu films of the period. The film is particularly notable for its unusual Cooking Kung Fu techniques rather than relying on the familiar Shaolin or weapon-based formulas found in many other Kung Fu Movies.
Fans collecting Classic Kung Fu Movies, Hong Kong martial arts films, Taiwanese kung fu, and unusual training-style films will find Of Cooks and Kung Fu to be a distinctive entry from the golden era of traditional martial arts cinema.
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