Film
The Way of the Ink
2011Directed by Pascal Bagot, Pamela Valente
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- Released
About The Way of the Ink
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Directors
- Pascal Bagot
- Pamela Valente
- Writer
- Pamela Valente
- Original title
- La voie de l'encre