Kan Mukai

Born 16 October 1937 in Manchukuo, China

Died 9 June 2008 (aged 70)

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."