Hanawa Yukinari

Hanawa Yukinari (1965) attended a scriptwriting course when he got his first job in film as a chauffeur. Then he worked as assistant director to Watanabe Mamoru ('the Kurosawa of adult movies') and directed from 1990 to 1992 a TV series about baseball tournament (Netto Koshien). His encounter with Xiu Jian led to their joint script for Mei fa zi.