The Way of the Ink
2011, French. Directed by Pascal Bagot & Pamela Valente.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 27 August 2011
- Original title
- La voie de l'encre
- Country
- France, Japan
- Written by
- Pamela Valente
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The Way of the Ink runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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The Way of the Ink isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 August 2011. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Way of the Ink?
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Who directed The Way of the Ink?
The Way of the Ink (2011) was directed by Pascal Bagot and Pamela Valente and stars Pamela Valente, Pascal Bagot, Horitoshi.