A story on horimono, the art of Japanese full body tattoos. Various shots and sequences include: artists tattooing; history of horimono and its link to yakuza, Japanese gangsters; the symbolic meaning of horimono images; and Eiji Ryuzaki, a tattoo artist, trying to change the negative image of horimono.
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