Kan Mukai

Born

October 16, 1937

Died

June 9, 2008

Biography

Kan Mukai a.k.a. Hiroshi Mukai and Patrick Kan was a Japanese film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter, known for his pioneering work in the pink film genre. In the realm of pink cinema, Japanese critics have estimated that Mukai is "the only serious rival of Kōji Wakamatsu."