Queye TV The Way of the Ink
Documentary
The Way of the Ink
La voie de l'encre
2011
1:10
★ 7
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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.

Cast

Pamela Valente

Self

Pascal Bagot

Self

Horitoshi

Self (Tattoo Master)

Gilbert Cordier

Narrator (Voice)

Kenji Hinohara

Self

Katsunori Ishikawa

Self

Keiichi Kuwai

Self

Lu Nagata

Self

Shiroko

Self

Shōko Tendō

Self

Crew

Pierre Stetin

Director of Photography

Ryôta Takashima

Boom Operator

Jean-Marie Jourdane

Animation

Pascal Bagot

Director

Éric Breia

Original Music Composer

Pamela Valente

Producer

Ryôta Takashima

Cableman

Hugo Richard

Sound Mixer

Erasmo Difonzo

Editor

Adam Wolny

Recording Supervision

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