1. Hiroshi Mukai and Patrick Kan was a Japanese film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter, known for his pioneering work in the pink film genre.
14 Facts About Kan Mukai
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Kan Mukai was born in Dairen, Manchukuo on October 16,1937.
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Kan Mukai studied economics at Kyushu University, but dropped out to pursue a career in film.
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Kan Mukai worked as a cinematographer on projects for various studios, mostly for educational, children's and industrial films.
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Kan Mukai made his debut as a director in 1962 with Two Boys, an educational film.
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The Bite was another early Kan Mukai film shown overseas, playing in the US soon after its Japanese release, and in Britain, under the title Bait, in 1967.
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Kan Mukai worked with his wife, actress Takako Uchida, in several of his early films such as Nightly Pleasure, Stories of Adultery, and Spring of Ecstasy.
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Kan Mukai's section was titled Beauty and Ugliness.
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Kan Mukai gave future first Nikkatsu Roman Porno star, Kazuko Shirakawa, her film debut with the 1967 film Girls' Dormitory.
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In 1968, Kan Mukai founded his own studio, and Shameful Technique, was the first film released by Kan Mukai Studios.
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Kan Mukai often employed gimmick-like elements in his films or their publicity to create audiences for his films.
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Kan Mukai produced celebrated Roman porno director Tatsumi Kumashiro's final film, Immoral: Indecent Relations.
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Kan Mukai's Going West was what the director called, "Japan's first granny road movie".
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Kan Mukai directed a sequel to Going West entitled Hometown in 1999.