The Way of the Ink

The Way of the Ink 2011 Directed by Pascal Bagot , Pamela Valente La voie de l'encre

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.

Country France

Production Countries France , Japan

Language French

Spoken Languages French , Japanese

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Lardux films

Release Date 27 August 2011