Pink film director, producer, and screenwriter Kan Mukai
Kan Mukai (向井寛 Mukai Kan, October 16, 1937 - June 9, 2008) aka Hiroshi Mukai and Patrick Kan (カン・パトリック Kan Patorikku)[1] was a director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in Pink films during the early years of that genre's existence. As a producer, through his Shishi Productions studio, Mukai helped the early careers of many directors, including Hisayasu Satō and Yōjirō Takita. He directed nearly 200 films and produced approximately 500.[2]
Partial filmography[]
- [1966] The Bite
- [1967] Sexy Partners
- [1967] Plastic Body Surgery
- [1967] Shameful Technique
- [1968] Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell
- [1968-03] Blue Film: Estimation
- [1968-10] Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell
- [1969] Exposure Diary: Season of Lust
- [1969] Blue Film Woman
- [1969-02] Zeppin no tsubo (assistant to Mamoru Watanabe)
- [1970] Deep Throat in Tokyo
Notes[]
- ↑ 向井寛 むかい・ひろし at www.allcinema.net (in Japanese)
- ↑ [1] Director's Guild of Japan. (in Japanese). "監督200本｡プロデューサー500本｡".
Sources[]
English[]
- Hiroshi Mukai at Allmovie
- "HIROSHI MUKAI". atComplete Index to World Film.
- Hiroshi Mukai (I) at the Internet Movie Database
- "Pinku eiga: Beyond Pink; Blue Film Woman / Kan Mukai" at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival. (includes (with filmography & biography)
- Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
- Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "SPOTLIGHT: Heroes of the First Pink Wave; Hiroshi Mukai (Sometimes translated as Kan Mukai)". Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 105, etc.. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
Japanese[]
- "向井寛" at www.allcinema.net.
- "向井寛" at Director's Guild of Japan.
- "向井寛" at Japanese Movie Database.
- "向井寛( 監督／脚本／企画／構成／製作 )" at Kinema Junpo.
- 向井寛 at Japanese Wikipedia
