Mukai Kan
MUKAI Kan, born MUKAI Hiroki (1937-2008, Japan), established his own production company, Mukai Production (later renamed Shishi Production) in 1965. After his feature début Flesh (1965) he directed more than 100 sexploitation films, so-called pink movies. He became one of the most important directors of the heyday of pink movies in the 60s and 70s. As producer he raised several generations of young directors, among them Takita Yojiro, Sato Hisayasu, Zeze Takahisa and Imaoka Shinji. Later, beginning with Going West in 1997, he directed a number of independent films about elderly people.
Filmography
Niku/Flesh (1965), Esa/The Bite (1966), Misused (1966), The Pimp (1966), Kinjirareta Technique (1966), Koshitsu no tekunikku (1967), Joshiryo (1967), Iro no michizure (1967), Yoru no yorokobi (1967), A Certain Adultery (segment Bi to shû, 1967), Ijô taiken hakusho: Jotai seikei (1967), Hazukashii gikô (1967), Shojo shômeisho (1967), Sex joyu zankokushi (1968), Nihon sei fuzokushi murishinju (1968), Midarazuma (1968), Kyusho zeme (1968), Inran (1968), Futeizuma (1968), Aoi firumu: Shinasadame (1968), Bôkô shôjo nikki: Mesu (1968), Gendai kunoichi niku jigoku (1968), Zoku niku/Flesh 2 (1968), Niku buton (1971), Tôkyô dîpu surôto fujin/Tokyo Deep Throat (1975), Forbidden Technique to Tie a Lady (1978), Savaged and Ravaged (1979), Going West Nishi e/Going West (1997), Last Dance (2001), Dôsôkai/Alumni Meeting (2004)
Mukai Kan op IFFR
Blue Film Woman
78'
Japan
IFFR 2009