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.

Most Famous Work

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Black Mirror

(2011) Original Music Composer

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Monster

(2023) Original Music Composer

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The Revenant

(2015) Original Music Composer

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Wild Palms

(1993) Original Music Composer

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The Last Emperor

(1987) Original Music Composer

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

(1983) Original Music Composer

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Tokyo Decadence

(1992) Original Music Composer

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Snake Eyes

(1998) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	Self	Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus 2023-12-27 Movie
	Self	SUGA: Road to D-DAY 2023-06-16 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV 2023-03-24 Movie
2022	Himself	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 2022-12-11 Movie
	N/A	NHK MUSIC SPECIAL 2022-07-07 TV Show
2020	N/A	OKINA: Dance of Life 2020-04-19 Movie
	N/A	Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated 2020-04-02 Movie
2019	Self	No Smoking 2019-11-01 Movie
2018	Self	Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory 2018-02-21 Movie
2017	Self	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda 2017-11-04 Movie
2015	Self	700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto 2015-11-28 Movie
2012	Self	Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK 2012-07-12 Movie
2010	Self	Burning Ice 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Self	Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist 2009-06-18 Movie
2006	Self	Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live 2006-10-01 Movie
2003	Self	Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream 2003-03-25 Movie
1999	Director (segment "Rain")	Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 1999-11-02 Movie
	Self	Complete Hurrah 1999-09-22 Movie
	Hosaka Executive	New Rose Hotel 1999-03-19 Movie
1998	N/A	情熱大陸 1998-04-05 TV Show
1993	Self	TV-YMO 1993-12-21 Movie
	self	YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 1993-09-21 Movie
1992	Self	YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime 1992-01-01 Movie
1991	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Marisa Monte: Mais 1991-10-27 Movie
1987	Amakasu	The Last Emperor 1987-10-04 Movie
	Self	Brand New Day 1987-08-14 Movie
1986	N/A	Adelic Penguins 1986-04-20 Movie
	Self	TV WAR 1986-01-22 Movie
	Self	Bye Bye Kipling 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Self - Piano/strings	Steel Cathedrals 1985-05-17 Movie
	Self	Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto 1985-04-09 Movie
	Self	All Star Video 1985-01-21 Movie
	N/A	A Human Tube 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	N/A	Preparations For A Journey 1984-12-31 Movie
	Self	Propaganda 1984-05-12 Movie
1983	Self	The Oshima Gang 1983-12-31 Movie
	Self - Keyboards	YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan 1983-12-22 Movie
	Yonoi	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983-05-28 Movie
	Self	YMO: Winter Live '81 1983-04-21 Movie
1981	Self	Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 1981-12-22 Movie
	N/A	Technodon in Tokyo Dome Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Music	Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus 2023-12-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Monster 2023-06-02 Movie
	Music	Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen 2023-01-03 Movie
2022	Original Music Composer	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 2022-12-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	exception 2022-10-13 TV Show
	Music Producer	exception 2022-10-13 TV Show
	Music Arranger	exception 2022-10-13 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Piano Cinéma 2022-06-24 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	After Yang 2022-03-04 Movie
2021	Original Music Composer	Love After Love 2021-10-22 Movie
	Music	Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund 2021-08-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beckett 2021-08-04 Movie
	Music	Apausalypse 2021-05-21 Movie
2020	Original Music Composer	Incomplete 2020-05-08 Movie
	Musician	Adult Baby 2020-04-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Minamata 2020-03-13 Movie
2019	Original Music Composer	Proxima 2019-11-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Agniyogana 2019-09-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Tyrano: Together, Forever 2019-08-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Paradise Next 2019-06-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Staggering Girl 2019-05-17 Movie
2018	Original Music Composer	Your Face 2018-09-07 Movie
	Music	Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory 2018-02-21 Movie
2017	Original Music Composer	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda 2017-11-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Fortress 2017-10-03 Movie
	Music	Fullmoon 2017-09-30 Movie
	Music	Star Sand 2017-08-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	async - first light 2017-04-01 Movie
2016	Original Music Composer	Rage 2016-09-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ferryman 2016-04-28 Movie
2015	Original Music Composer	The Revenant 2015-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son 2015-12-12 Movie
2014	Theme Song Performance	Nuclear Nation II 2014-11-15 Movie
2013	Original Music Composer	Psychedelic Afternoon 2013-03-11 Movie
2012	Original Music Composer	I Have To Buy New Shoes 2012-10-16 Movie
	Music Supervisor	I Have To Buy New Shoes 2012-10-16 Movie
	Theme Song Performance	Nuclear Nation 2012-06-22 Movie
2011	Original Music Composer	Black Mirror 2011-12-04 TV Show
	Music	Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto 2011-11-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 2011-10-15 Movie
	Music	Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’ 2011-10-15 Movie
2010	Original Music Composer	Dhobi Ghat 2010-01-21 Movie
2009	Original Music Composer	Women Without Men 2009-07-01 Movie
2007	Original Music Composer	Silk 2007-09-14 Movie
2005	Music	Zarin 2005-10-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Shining Boy and Little Randy 2005-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tony Takitani 2005-01-27 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	Appleseed 2004-04-17 Movie
2003	Music	The Blonds 2003-10-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Life Is Journey 2003-06-21 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET 2002-12-22 Movie
	Sound	My Daughter 2002-09-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Femme Fatale 2002-04-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Derrida 2002-03-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Alexei and the Spring 2002-01-20 Movie
2001	Music	To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out 2001-08-11 Movie
2000	Sound	Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART 2000-12-22 Movie
1999	Music	Taboo 1999-12-18 Movie
1998	Original Music Composer	Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 1998-09-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Snake Eyes 1998-08-07 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	Wild Side 1996-07-17 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	Little Buddha 1993-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wild Palms 1993-05-16 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Rabbit Ears - Peachboy 1993-01-01 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	Wuthering Heights 1992-10-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tokyo Decadence 1992-01-06 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	High Heels 1991-10-23 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	The Sheltering Sky 1990-10-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Infinite Escher 1990-05-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Handmaid's Tale 1990-02-15 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	The Last Emperor 1987-10-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise 1987-03-14 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	The Adventures of Milo and Otis 1986-06-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Adelic Penguins 1986-04-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	TV WAR 1986-01-22 Movie
1985	Music Arranger	On the Beach 1985-08-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto 1985-04-09 Movie
	Music	All Star Video 1985-01-21 Movie
1983	Music	YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan 1983-12-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983-05-28 Movie
	Music	YMO: Winter Live '81 1983-04-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	It's All Right, My Friend 1983-04-15 Movie
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Director	Incomplete 2020-05-08 Movie
1985	Director	All Star Video 1985-01-21 Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	Musical	Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live 2006-10-01 Movie
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