The Way of the Ink
Seen it?2011 | 70 min | Documentary
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
Directed by Pascal Bagot, Pamela Valente
- Pamela ValenteSelf
- Pascal BagotSelf
- HoritoshiSelf (Tattoo Master)
- Gilbert CordierNarrator (Voice)
- Kenji HinoharaSelf
- Katsunori IshikawaSelf
- Keiichi KuwaiSelf
- Lu NagataSelf
- ShirokoSelf
- Shōko TendōSelf