Irezumi
(1982)
★ 5.7 IMDb · 13 votes
Year: 1982
Runtime: 109 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 高林陽一
Cast: 若山富三郎, 滝田裕介, 白石奈緒美, Harue Kyō, 京本政樹, Mariko Miyajima, 殿山泰司, 宇津宮雅代
Plot
To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro, an old craftsman. Kyogoro has developed a special technique, by which his assistant, Harutsune, keeps Katsuko's mind off the pain while Kyogoro does his work. After the work is done, Harutsune makes the shocking discovery of how Kyogoro mastered his technique.