HORI SMOKU SAILOR JERRY explores the roots of American tattooing through the life of its most iconoclastic figure, Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins. Considered by many the foremost tattoo artist of all time, Collins' uncompromising lifestyle and larger than life persona made him an American legend. Through rare interviews, photographs and hours of archival footage, HORI SMOKU SAILOR JERRY examines the past, present, and future of the global tattooing phenomenon.