Ryuichi Sakamoto
Biography
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.
Known For
The Revenant
Original Music Composer
Black Mirror
Original Music Composer
The Last Emperor
Amakasu
Monster
Original Music Composer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Yonoi
Snake Eyes
Original Music Composer
High Heels
Original Music Composer
Beckett
Original Music Composer
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Filmography
Acting (59)
Movies (53)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025as Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
2025as Self
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
2024as Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
2023as Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023as Self (archive footage)
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
2023as Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022as Himself
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
OKINA: Dance of Life
2020
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
No Smoking
2019as Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018as Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
2017as Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
2016as Self
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015as Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
2012as Self
Burning Ice
2010as Self
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
2009as himself
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
2009as Self
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
2006as Self
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003as Self
VisualYMO:the Best
2003
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
2000
New Rose Hotel
1999as Hosaka Executive
Complete Hurrah
1999as Self
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999as Director (segment "Rain")
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
1993as self
TV-YMO
1993as Self
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
1992as Self
Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992
Marisa Monte: Mais
1991as Self
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1988
The Last Emperor
1987as Amakasu
Brand New Day
1987as Self
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
1987
Adelic Penguins
1986
TV WAR
1986as Self
Bye Bye Kipling
1986as Self
Steel Cathedrals
1985as Self - Piano/strings
All Star Video
1985as Self
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985as Self
A Human Tube
1985
A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
1984as Self
Preparations For A Journey
1984
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983as Yonoi
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983as Self - Keyboards
YMO: Winter Live '81
1983as Self
The Oshima Gang
1983as Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
1981as Self
Technodon in Tokyo Dome
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as Self (archive footage)
Crew (99)
Movies (93)
Zi
2026In Memory Of
Sons of the Neon Night
2025Original Music Composer
Flames of a Flower
2025Theme Song Performance
Frammenti
2025Original Music Composer
Black Ox
2024Original Music Composer
Monster
2023Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
2023Music
Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen
2023Music
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023Music
After Yang
2022Main Title Theme Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022Original Music Composer
Piano Cinéma
2022Original Music Composer
Beckett
2021Original Music Composer
Love After Love
2021Original Music Composer
Apausalypse
2021Music
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund
2021Music
Minamata
2020Original Music Composer
Adult Baby
2020Musician
Incomplete
2020Director
Incomplete
2020Original Music Composer
My Tyrano: Together, Forever
2019Original Music Composer
Proxima
2019Original Music Composer
Paradise Next
2019Original Music Composer
The Staggering Girl
2019Original Music Composer
Agniyogana
2019Original Music Composer
Your Face
2018Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018Music
Haiku On A Plum Tree
2017Music
async - first light
2017Original Music Composer
The Fortress
2017Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
2017Original Music Composer
A Gentle Glow
2017Music
Star Sand
2017Music
Fullmoon
2017Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
2016Music
The Ferryman
2016Original Music Composer
Rage
2016Original Music Composer
Rage
2016Theme Song Performance
The Revenant
2015Original Music Composer
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015Original Music Composer
Nuclear Nation II
2014Theme Song Performance
Psychedelic Afternoon
2013Original Music Composer
Nuclear Nation
2012Theme Song Performance
I Have to Buy New Shoes
2012Music Supervisor
I Have to Buy New Shoes
2012Original Music Composer
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011Original Music Composer
Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto
2011Music
Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’
2011Music
Dhobi Ghat
2010Original Music Composer
Women Without Men
2009Original Music Composer
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008Original Music Composer
Silk
2007Original Music Composer
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
2006Musical
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005Original Music Composer
Zarin
2005Original Music Composer
Tony Takitani
2004Original Music Composer
Appleseed
2004Music
Appleseed
2004Original Music Composer
Life Is Journey
2003Original Music Composer
The Blonds
2003Music
Femme Fatale
2002Original Music Composer
Derrida
2002Original Music Composer
Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET
2002Original Music Composer
Alexei and the Spring
2002Original Music Composer
My Daughter
2002Sound
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2001Music
Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART
2000Sound
Taboo
1999Original Music Composer
Snake Eyes
1998Original Music Composer
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998Original Music Composer
Wild Side
1996Original Music Composer
Little Buddha
1993Original Music Composer
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy
1993Original Music Composer
Tokyo Decadence
1992Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
1992Original Music Composer
High Heels
1991Original Music Composer
The Handmaid's Tale
1990Original Music Composer
The Sheltering Sky
1990Original Music Composer
Infinite Escher
1990Original Music Composer
The Last Emperor
1987Original Music Composer
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
1987Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986Original Music Composer
Adelic Penguins
1986Original Music Composer
TV WAR
1986Original Music Composer
All Star Video
1985Director
All Star Video
1985Music
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985Original Music Composer
On the Beach
1985Music Arranger
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983Original Music Composer
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983Music
YMO: Winter Live '81
1983Music
It's All Right, My Friend
1983Original Music Composer
Where the Toys Come From
1983Music Arranger
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