- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- January 17, 1952
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- March 28, 2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一, Sakamoto Ryūichi, January 17, 1952 - March 28, 2023) was a Japanese composer, record producer, and actor who had pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres.
Filmography
movieA Flower of Forgetfulness
2026 · Compositor
movieZi
2026 · In Memory Of
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieFlames of a Flower
2025 · Theme Song Performance
movieSons of the Neon Night
2025 · Original Music Composer
movieFrammenti
2025 · Original Music Composer
movieRyuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
2025 · Self
movieBlack Ox
2024 · Original Music Composer
movieKraftwerk - Fuji Rock Festival 2024
2024 · Original Music Composer
movieTonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
2024 · Self
movieRyuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
movieRyuichi Sakamoto | Opus
2023 · Self, Music
movieSUGA: Road to D-DAY
2023 · Self
movieMonster
2023 · Original Music Composer
movieNam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 · Self (archive footage), Music
movieStalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen
2023 · Music
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022 · Himself, Original Music Composer
tvexception
2022 · Music Arranger, Music Producer, Original Music Composer
moviePiano Cinéma
2022 · Original Music Composer
movieAfter Yang
2022 · Main Title Theme Composer
movieLove After Love
2021 · Original Music Composer
movieMoskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund
2021 · Music
movieBeckett
2021 · Original Music Composer
movieBrilliant Trees Sessions
2021
movieApausalypse
2021 · Music
tvNHK MUSIC SPECIAL
2021
movieIncomplete
2020 · Original Music Composer, Director
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure
2020
movieOKINA: Dance of Life
2020
movieAdult Baby
2020 · Musician
movieRyuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
movieMinamata
2020 · Original Music Composer
movieProxima
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieNo Smoking
2019 · Self
movieAgniyogana
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieMy Tyrano: Together, Forever
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieParadise Next
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Staggering Girl
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieYour Face
2018 · Original Music Composer
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018 · Self, Music
movieA Gentle Glow
2017 · Music
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieThe Fortress
2017 · Original Music Composer
movieFullmoon
2017 · Music
movieStar Sand
2017 · Music
movieHaiku On A Plum Tree
2017 · Music
movieasync - first light
2017 · Original Music Composer
movieRyuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
2016 · Self, Music
movieRage
2016 · Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
tvThirteen Talks
2016
movieThe Ferryman
2016 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Revenant
2015 · Original Music Composer
movieNagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015 · Original Music Composer
movie700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015 · Self
movieNuclear Nation II
2014 · Theme Song Performance
moviePsychedelic Afternoon
2013 · Original Music Composer
tvYae's Sakura
2013 · Theme Song Performance
movieI Have to Buy New Shoes
2012 · Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
movieFuture Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse)
2012 · Music
movieYellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
2012 · Self
movieNuclear Nation
2012 · Theme Song Performance
tvBlack Mirror
2011 · Original Music Composer
movieUtau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto
2011 · Music
movieTripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’
2011 · Music
movieHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011 · Original Music Composer
movieDhobi Ghat
2010 · Songs
Burning Ice
2010 · Self
moviePOSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
2009 · himself
movieWomen Without Men
2009 · Original Music Composer
movieInk Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
2009 · Self
movieAlva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008 · , Original Music Composer
movieSilk
2007 · Original Music Composer
100年インタビュー
2007 · ゲスト
movieBabel
2006 · Songs
movieAlva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
2006 · Self, Musical
movieZarin
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieShining Boy and Little Randy
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieTony Takitani
2004 · Original Music Composer
movieAppleseed
2004 · Music
movieThe Blonds
2003 · Music
movieLife Is Journey
2003 · Original Music Composer
movieFemme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003 · Self
movieVisualYMO:the Best
2003
movieMiki Nakatani: AIR POCKET
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieMy Daughter
2002 · Sound
movieFemme Fatale
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieDerrida
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieAlexei and the Spring
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieTo the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2001 · Music
movieMiki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART
2000 · Sound
movieRyuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
2000
movieTaboo
1999 · Original Music Composer
movieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999 · Director (segment "Rain")
movieComplete Hurrah
1999 · Self
movieNew Rose Hotel
1999 · Hosaka Executive
movieLove Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 · Original Music Composer
movieSnake Eyes
1998 · Original Music Composer
tvJounetsu Tairiku
1998
movieWild Side
1996 · Original Music Composer
movieTV-YMO
1993 · Self
movieLittle Buddha
1993 · Original Music Composer
movieYMO – Live At Budokan 1980
1993 · self
tvWild Palms
1993 · Original Music Composer
tvToday's Close-Up
1993
movieWuthering Heights
1992 · Original Music Composer
movieHurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992
movieTokyo Decadence
1992 · Original Music Composer
movieYMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
1992 · Self
movieMarisa Monte: Mais
1991 · Self
movieHigh Heels
1991 · Original Music Composer
moviePeachboy
1991 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Sheltering Sky
1990 · Original Music Composer
movieInfinite Escher
1990 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Handmaid's Tale
1990 · Original Music Composer
tvNHK Special
1989 · Self
movieSAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1988
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
1987
movieThe Last Emperor
1987 · Amakasu, Original Music Composer
Brand New Day
1987 · Self
movieRoyal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
1987 · Original Music Composer
movieBye Bye Kipling
1986 · Self
movieThe Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986 · Original Music Composer
movieRyuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live
1986 · , Producer
movieAdelic Penguins
1986 · , Original Music Composer
movieTV WAR
1986 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieOn the Beach
1985 · Music Arranger
Steel Cathedrals
1985 · Self - Piano/strings
movieTokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieAll Star Video
1985 · Self, Director, Music
movieA Human Tube
1985
Preparations For A Journey
1984
movieA Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
1984 · Self
movieThe Oshima Gang
1983 · Self
movieYMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983 · Self - Keyboards, Music
movieWhere the Toys Come From
1983 · Music Arranger
movieMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Yonoi, Original Music Composer
movieYMO: Winter Live '81
1983 · Self, Music
movieIt's All Right, My Friend
1983 · Original Music Composer
movieYellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
1981 · Self
movieRyuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
— · Self (archive footage)
movieTechnodon in Tokyo Dome
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