Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sound • Born 1952-01-17 – Died 2023-03-28
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.
Filmography
59 credits
The Last Emperor
Movie • 1987
Amakasu
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Movie • 1983
Yonoi
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Movie • 1999
Director (segment "Rain")
Complete Hurrah
Movie • 1999
Self
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
Movie • 1993
self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
Movie • 2023
Self
Marisa Monte: Mais
Movie • 1991
Self
Burning Ice
Movie • 2010
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
Movie • 2023
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
Movie • 2020
New Rose Hotel
Movie • 1999
Hosaka Executive
TV-YMO
Movie • 1993
Self
Preparations For A Journey
Movie • 1984
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Movie • 2003
Self
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
Movie • 1992
Self
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
Movie • 2006
Self
A Human Tube
Movie • 1985
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
Movie • 2016
Self
OKINA: Dance of Life
Movie • 2020
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
Movie • 2022
Himself
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
Movie • 2024
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
Movie • 1987
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
Movie • 1988
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
Movie • 1984
Self
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
Movie • 2024
Self
Bye Bye Kipling
Movie • 1986
Self
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
Movie • 1985
Self
All Star Video
Movie • 1985
Self
Adelic Penguins
Movie • 1986
Brand New Day
Movie • 1987
Self
TV WAR
Movie • 1986
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Movie • 2017
Self
Steel Cathedrals
Movie • 1985
Self - Piano/strings
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
Movie • 2018
Self
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
Movie • 2009
Self
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
Movie • 1983
Self - Keyboards
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
Movie • 2015
Self
No Smoking
Movie • 2019
Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
Movie • 1981
Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
Movie • 2012
Self
Technodon in Tokyo Dome
Movie
The Oshima Gang
Movie • 1983
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
Movie • 2000
YMO: Winter Live '81
Movie • 1983
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
Movie • 2025
Self
Brilliant Trees Sessions
Movie • 2021
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
Movie • 2008
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
Movie • 2009
himself
VisualYMO:the Best
Movie • 2003
Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
Movie • 1992
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Jounetsu Tairiku
TV • 1998
Today's Close-Up
TV • 1993
NHK Special
TV • 1989
Self
100年インタビュー
TV • 2007
ゲスト
NHK MUSIC SPECIAL
TV • 2021
Thirteen Talks
TV • 2016