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
all 120
Movies 114
self 33
TV Shows 6
Director 2
Producer 1
Last Days 坂本龍一 最期の日々 (2024)
Movie
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)
Movie
Self
SUGA: Road to D-DAY (2023)
Movie
Composer
Monster (2023)
Movie
3.75
Self (archive footage)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
Movie
Composer
Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen (2023)
Movie
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Producer / Music Arranger / Music Producer / Music Arranger / Original Music Composer
exception (2022)
TV
NHK MUSIC SPECIAL (2022)
TV
Original Music Composer
Piano Cinéma (2022)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
After Yang (2022)
Movie
Composer
Love After Love (2021)
Movie
Composer
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund (2021)
Movie
Composer
Beckett (2021)
Movie
Music
Apausalypse (2021)
Movie
Director / Original Music Composer
Incomplete (2020)
Movie
OKINA: Dance of Life (2020)
Movie
Musician
Adult Baby (2020)
Movie
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated (2020)
Movie
Composer
Minamata (2020)
Movie
9
Composer
Proxima (2019)
Movie
Self
No Smoking (2019)
Movie
Composer
Agniyogana (2019)
Movie
Composer
My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2019)
Movie
8
Composer
Paradise Next (2019)
Movie
Composer
The Staggering Girl (2019)
Movie
Composer
Your Face (2018)
Movie
Self
Sukita: The Shoot Must Go On (2018)
Movie
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory (2018)
Movie
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017)
Movie
Composer
The Fortress (2017)
Movie
Composer
Fullmoon (2017)
Movie
Composer
The Man Most Feared by the US Military: His Name was Kamejiro (2017)
Movie
Composer
Star Sand (2017)
Movie
Composer
Haiku On A Plum Tree (2017)
Movie
Original Music Composer
async - first light (2017)
Movie
Self / Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House (2016)
Movie
Composer
Rage (2016)
Movie
6.5
Original Music Composer
The Ferryman (2016)
Movie
Composer
The Revenant (2015)
Movie
6.52
Composer
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)
Movie
6
Self
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto (2015)
Movie
Theme Song Performance
Nuclear Nation II (2014)
Movie
Composer
Psychedelic Afternoon (2013)
Movie
Composer
I Have To Buy New Shoes (2012)
Movie
Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK (2012)
Movie
Composer
Nuclear Nation (2012)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Black Mirror (2011)
TV
7.37
Music
Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto (2011)
Movie
Composer
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
Movie
4
Music
Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’ (2011)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Dhobi Ghat (2010)
Movie
Self
Burning Ice (2010)
Movie
Composer
Women Without Men (2009)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist (2009)
Movie
Composer
Silk (2007)
Movie
9
Self / Musical
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live (2006)
Movie
Composer
Zarin (2005)
Movie
Composer
Shining Boy and Little Randy (2005)
Movie
Composer
Tony Takitani (2005)
Movie
6
Composer
Original Child Bomb (2004)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Appleseed (2004)
Movie
5.54
Composer
The Blonds (2003)
Movie
Composer
Life Is Journey (2003)
Movie
Self - Composer
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream (2003)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET (2002)
Movie
Sound
My Daughter (2002)
Movie
Composer
Femme Fatale (2002)
Movie
6
Composer
Derrida (2002)
Movie
Composer
Alexei and the Spring (2002)
Movie
Music
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out (2001)
Movie
Sound
Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART (2000)
Movie
Composer
Taboo (1999)
Movie
Self
1999 Nagisa Ohshima: Live with Movies (1999)
Movie
Director (segment 'Rain')
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999)
Movie
Self
Complete Hurrah (1999)
Movie
Hosaka Executive
New Rose Hotel (1999)
Movie
Composer
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Movie
Composer
Snake Eyes (1998)
Movie
4
情熱大陸 (1998)
TV
Composer
Wild Side (1996)
Movie
Self
TV-YMO (1993)
Movie
Composer
Little Buddha (1993)
Movie
self
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Wild Palms (1993)
TV
6
Composer
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy (1993)
Movie
Composer
Wuthering Heights (1992)
Movie
Composer
Tokyo Decadence (1992)
Movie
Self
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime (1992)
Movie
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Marisa Monte: Mais (1991)
Movie
Composer
High Heels (1991)
Movie
4.75
Composer
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Infinite Escher (1990)
Movie
Composer
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Movie
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO (1988)
Movie
NEO GEO ~1987.7.19 NHKホール~ (1987)
Movie
Amakasu
The Last Emperor (1987)
Movie
7.67
Self
Brand New Day (1987)
Movie
Composer
Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise (1987)
Movie
6
Composer
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
Movie
Actor
Adelic Penguins (1986)
Movie
Self / Original Music Composer
TV WAR (1986)
Movie
Self
Bye Bye Kipling (1986)
Movie
Music Arranger
On the Beach (1985)
Movie
Self - Piano/strings
Steel Cathedrals (1985)
Movie
Self
Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto (1985)
Movie
Actor
All Star Video (1985)
Movie
A Human Tube (1985)
Movie
Preparations For A Journey (1984)
Movie
Self
Propaganda (1984)
Movie
Self
The Oshima Gang (1983)
Movie
Self - Keyboards / Music
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan (1983)
Movie
Yonoi
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Movie
8
Self / Music
YMO: Winter Live '81 (1983)
Movie
Composer
It's All Right, My Friend (1983)
Movie
Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 (1981)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Oscars (1953)
TV
坂本龍一 芸術は長く、人生は短し
Movie
Composer
The Staggering Girl: A Choreographic Film
Movie
Technodon in Tokyo Dome
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.55
Based on 2.1 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1992
2005
1996
2024
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1952-01-17
Deathday2023-03-28 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceNakano-ku, Japan
RelationshipsAkiko Yano (1979-01-01 - 2006-01-01)
ChildrenMiu Sakamoto
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsRyûichi Sakamoto, Ryūichi Sakamoto, 류이치 사카모토, 坂本龙一, 坂本龍一
AwardsBAFTA Award for Best Original Music, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Officer of Arts and Letters, Art Encouragement Prizes, Order of Rio Branco
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