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.
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Movies (47)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Flames of a Flower
Theme Song Performance (Sound)
2025
Sons of the Neon Night
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2025
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
as Self
2025
Black Ox
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2024
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
as Self
2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
as Self
2023
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
as Self
2023
Monster
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen
Music (Sound)
2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
as Himself
2022
Piano Cinéma
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2022
After Yang
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2022
Love After Love
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2021
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund
Music (Sound)
2021
Beckett
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2021
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
Apausalypse
Music (Sound)
2021
Incomplete
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2020
OKINA: Dance of Life
2020
Adult Baby
Musician (Sound)
2020
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
Minamata
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2020
Proxima
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2019
No Smoking
as Self
2019
Agniyogana
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2019
My Tyrano: Together, Forever
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2019
Paradise Next
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2019
The Staggering Girl
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2019
Your Face
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
as Self
2018
A Gentle Glow
Music (Sound)
2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
as Self
2017
The Fortress
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2017
Fullmoon
Music (Sound)
2017
Star Sand
Music (Sound)
2017
Haiku On A Plum Tree
Music (Sound)
2017
async - first light
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
as Self
2016
Rage
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2016
The Ferryman
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2016
The Revenant
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2015
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2015
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Self
2015
Nuclear Nation II
Theme Song Performance (Sound)
2014
