The answer is No, you can't import a python package without the __init__.py being executed. By definition, to make a package, you must put in that directory a __init__.py.
But, you can make an empty __init__.py file.
If you want just to import a function from a module, you can use:
import sys
sys.path.append('path_to_package/')
from module import some_function
Note that this is a dirty solution, and won't always work.