Ryuichi Sakamoto

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ryuichi Sakamoto (born January 17, 1952) is an Academy Award-winning Japanese musician, composer, record producer and actor, based in New York and Tokyo. He plays keyboards in the influential Japanese electropop band Yellow Magic Orchestra. His 1999 musical composition "Energy Flow", also known as the alternative title of the single disc Ura BTTB, is the first number-one instrumental single in Japan's Oricon charts history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryuichi Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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Black Mirror

(2011) Original Music Composer

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8

Monster

(2023) Original Music Composer

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8

The Revenant

(2015) Original Music Composer

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6

Wild Palms

(1993) Original Music Composer

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8

The Last Emperor

(1987) Original Music Composer

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7

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

(1983) Original Music Composer

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6

Tokyo Decadence

(1992) Original Music Composer

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6

Snake Eyes

(1998) Original Music Composer

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
	Self	YMO: Technodon in Tokyo Dome 1993-01-01 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
	N/A	Technodon In Tokyo Dome Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

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	Music Supervisor	I Have To Buy New Shoes 2012-10-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	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
Year	Role	Movie/Tv