The Way of the Ink
Horitoshi Sensei is one of the last accomplished masters of irezumi, the art of traditional Japanese tattoo. Pascal is a young French journalist specialized in tattoo who discovered Horitoshi’s designs in a magazine and felt in love with them. Although he does not have much money, Pascal decided to go to Tokyo to have all his back tattooed by Horitoshi. When the film starts, he is at his fourth trip, but his tattoo is far from being finished. Pascal is our guide in this travel to discover irezumi.
- Year: 2011
- Country: France, Japan
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Lardux films
- Keyword: tattoo, tattoo artist, irezumi, japanese tattooing
- Director: Pascal Bagot, Pamela Valente
- Cast: Pamela Valente, Pascal Bagot, Horitoshi Sensei, Gilbert Cordier, Kenji Hinohara, Katsunori Ishikawa