tattoo artistry

His meticulous visual style and exploration of obsession, identity, and body modification appear throughout films like *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*, which centers on a protagonist defined by her tattoo.

His yakuza films extensively feature traditional Japanese tattooing (irezumi) as a visual and thematic element representing criminal identity, honor, and cultural tradition.

His provocative approach to bodily autonomy, pain, and artistic expression frequently incorporates tattoos and body modification as markers of identity and transgression in films like *Antichrist* and *Nymphomaniac*.