: Pad uc ah ▁mic ropol itan ▁area ▁Category : O w ens bor o ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁Category : M idd let own , ▁Kentucky ▁Category : Sh el by ville , ▁Kentucky ▁Category : Fran k fort , ▁Kentucky ▁mic ropol itan ▁area ▁Category : Mount ▁Ster ling , ▁Kentucky ▁mic ropol itan ▁area ▁Category : A sh land , ▁Kentucky <0x0A> </s> ▁a . k . a . ▁H iro sh i ▁Mu ka i ▁and ▁ ▁was ▁a ▁Japanese ▁film ▁director , ▁cinemat ograph er , ▁producer ▁and ▁screen writer , ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁pione ering ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁p ink ▁film ▁genre . ▁In ▁the ▁real m ▁of ▁p ink ▁cinema , ▁Japanese ▁critics ▁have ▁estimated ▁that ▁Mu ka i ▁is ▁" the ▁only ▁serious ▁rival ▁of ▁K ō ji ▁W ak am ats u ." ▁As ▁a ▁producer , ▁Mu ka i ▁helped ▁the ▁early ▁care ers ▁of ▁many ▁prominent ▁direct ors , ▁including ▁His ay as u ▁Sat ō ▁and ▁Academy - A ward ▁winner ▁Y ō j ir ō ▁Tak ita . ▁In ▁his ▁career , ▁he ▁directed ▁nearly ▁ 2 0 0   fil ms ▁and ▁produced ▁approximately ▁ 5 0 0 . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁Kan ▁Mu ka i ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁D air en , ▁Man ch u ku o ▁( mod ern ▁Dal ian , ▁China ) ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 9 3 7 . ▁He