Irezumi

Here's a film about the things people do for love, however questionable. Akane gets full-body tattoos to please her man, courtesy of an old artist with a very particular method. It's a slow burn, but at least the secret behind the technique is pretty wild.

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Yoichi Takabayashi directed Irezumi in 1982. See Yoichi Takabayashi's full filmography, where to start with Yoichi Takabayashi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoichi Takabayashi.

Irezumi was released in 1982 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.