ジョン・リンク ―アル中のリハビリをしながら細々と暮らす元犯罪者―彼に残されたのはアウトローのサバイバル術だけだった……トレーラーハウスでアル中のリハビリをしながら細々と暮らす男、ジョン・リンク。血生臭い世界から足を洗った元犯罪者の彼のもとに現れたのは、数年前から行方不明になっていた一人娘リディアだった。ギャングとトラブルを起こし、警察にも、殺し屋にも追われる娘を守るため、父親は、これまで培ったアウトローのサバイバル術を駆使して迎え撃つことを決意する！

American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.

苛酪な拷問や刑罰が行なわれていた徳川時代。一人の女が墓を掘り起し、男の腹を引裂いて鍵をつかみだした。「これで女に戻れる」と呟きながら、その女は数日前の出来ごとを思い浮べていた。両親に先立たれた由美は、残された借金返済のため、与力鮫島の口ききで大黒屋に奉公した。しかし、そこは刺青女がたむろする異様な売春宿だった。女主人のお竜は、異常な女で由美の体にひかれていた。そして、由美の肌に惚れこんで墨を入れる刺青師彫秀をねたみ、昼夜となく由美を愛撫した。ある日、縛られた由美が弦造に襲われ貞操を奪われた。しかし事はすぐ発覚、お竜は由美を独占するため、貞操帯をはめてしまった。それから、お竜の口ききで彫辰が墨を入れはじめた。やがて、将軍上覧の刺青競演会が開かれ、由美の肌で競いあった彫辰の“水門破り”と彫秀の“吉祥天女”は甲乙つけがたく引分けとなった。それからというもの各藩の重役たちが、大黒屋を訪れるようになった。由美が弦造の子を妊んだ事に気づいたのはそんな折、子供産みたさに貞操帯の鍵を呑みこんで殺れた弦造の墓を掘り起したのだった。しかし、由美はすぐさま捕われ、火責め刑に処せられた。刺青女の噂は異国人の間にもひろまり、墨を入れた女囚たちが続々と長崎へ送られた。鮫島が金儲けを企む領事と結託したのはそんな折だった。鮫島は江戸一の刺青師彫五郎を殺し、その罪を負わされた彫秀は島流しに処せられた。一方お竜は、生娘のお鈴に目をつけ、彫辰に墨を入れさせて、長崎へ送った。しかし、辱めを受けたお鈴は服毒、島破りをして長崎に来た彫秀に一部始終を話すと息をひきとった。復讐を誓った彫秀はクレイトンの娘を誘拐、無理やり墨を入れた。領事館で刺青競演会が開かれた時、彫秀作の“人間ハリ鼠が”登場して、場内は騒然となっこ。だが、その時会場に突然火の手が上り、彫秀に追いつめられたクレイトン、鮫島、彫辰たちは火に包まれた。そして、その場を逃れたお竜も追手に捕われ処刑された。

A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.

A relationship is put to the test after the girlfriend is sexually assaulted and the boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit.

Fast, frenetic, and furious best describe the story of five teenage boys all but abandoned by the system, estranged from any parents, and discarded by life in general. They build a world of there own in which gangs, drugs, fighting, body piercing, self-harm, and even suicide are considered commonplace. The film highlights their harrowing place in time and this small world; where brotherhood is valued above all else. Impressively acted by actual street kids, the movie highlights a gritty side of modern-day Singaporean life.

Katia, a young Polish woman adrift in London, meets Bob, an American tattoo artist. Katia is drawn to his mysterious aura and the taboo culture of body modification, but Bob has a dark, secret desire to leave his mark on the world and little does Katia know that her fascination with him will put her life in danger.

A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother.

Shrouded by the mists of time, she has been forgotten ... But there is always someone to remember. Gregório is a tattoo artist obsessed with Astaroth, a demonic entity lurking in the shadows with promises of desire and pleasure. With the art of tattooing and his arcane knowledge, he intends to rescue her from the mists of oblivion and bring her into the world of the flesh. Two young women are involved in her plans: the determined tattoo artist Dri and the sweet guitarist Lia. A friend of theirs, Mai is the young woman who will use her martial arts training to try to defend them and combat the designs of Hell.

Tattooing — "the world's oldest skin game" — is the subject of this iconic documentary. Writer/director Geoff Steven scored a major coup by signing Easy Rider legend Peter Fonda as his presenter. Travelling to Aotearoa, Samoa, Japan and the United States, the doco traces key developments in tattooing, including its importance in the Pacific, prison-inspired styles, and the influence of 1960s counterculture. Legendary tattooists feature (including Americans Ed Hardy and Jack Rudy), while the closing credits parade some eye-opening full body tattoos.

A visit with a master of the Oldest Art In The World: tattooing. Disabled by arthritis since the age of four, confined to a wheelchair, his growth stunted, Stoney St. Clair joined the circus at 15 as a sword swallower. A year later he took up tattooing, and traveled with circuses and carnivals for fifty years practicing his craft. As we watch him at work, we see the determination which led Stoney to use his crippled hands in an art where mistakes are permanent, and we realize Stoney has overcome his handicap to heal himself and others with the magic of symbols. The film ends with a visit by New Age tattoo master Don Ed Hardy, who receives a permanent souvenir by Old School tattoo master Stoney.

Ethan Dent is a bereaved English teenager. Dent's brother was murdered under suspicious circumstances and Dent has never fully come to terms with his loss. However, everything in Dent's life changes when he meets a man who has a striking resemblance to his brother. Slowly the man begins to convince Dent to get a tattoo to remember his brother and things begin to unravel from there.

A bold reveal of a rose tattoo opens this 1980 documentary on tattooing in New Zealand. The potted history includes visits to tattoo parlours on K' Road and Hastings, and the studios of industry legends Steve Johnson and Roger Ingerton. Tattooists discuss public stigma, people's reasons for getting inked, and popular designs: sailors, serpents, swallows and tā moko. Made for documentary slot Contact, Skin Pics chronicles a time when "folk art has become high art".

Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok unravels the multiple layers of the almost mythological figure-living legend, Fang Od, a 92 year old woman who has been called the ‘Last [Traditional] Tattoo Artist of Kalinga.’ The first layer of the story is the one she is most famous for-being a tattoo artist. At her eyes, she continues to exhibit sharpness and precision in the very demanding art and skill of tattooing. The second layer shows her many stories as woman who has reached the age of looking back. She regales us with stories of her many suitors, of her youth, the dancing and the feasts. She also looks back with not just a tinge of regret that she never married nor had children of her own. Her body covered in tattoos is a landscape on its own mirroring the map of a woman who has chosen wittingly or unwittingly a road diverging from convention and in the process became a culture-bearer.

“The Inked Family” follows a couple of married Latvian-born tattoo artists – Anrijs and Monami Frost of online fame. They’re now living in Liverpool with their daughter, and their previous lives in Latvia seem almost surreal to them. The film traces Monami’s past, and the couple’s current lives and the success they’ve found as tattoo artists.

A terrible accident leaves a young soldier horribly scarred, but his rediscovery of art heals his wounded soul, in this brief but powerful animated documentary.

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.