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 124
Movies 115
self 34
TV Shows 9
Director 2
Producer 1
Self / Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Monster (2023)
Movie
3.75
Self (archive footage) / Music
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
Movie
Himself / Original Music Composer
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
Original Music Composer
Piano Cinéma (2022)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
After Yang (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Love After Love (2021)
Movie
Composer
Beckett (2021)
Movie
Director / Original Music Composer
Incomplete (2020)
Movie
Musician
Adult Baby (2020)
Movie
Composer
Minamata (2020)
Movie
9
Composer
Proxima (2019)
Movie
Composer
Agniyogana (2019)
Movie
Composer
Paradise Next (2019)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Staggering Girl (2019)
Movie
Composer
Your Face (2018)
Movie
Composer
The Fortress (2017)
Movie
Composer
Fullmoon (2017)
Movie
Composer
Star Sand (2017)
Movie
Composer
Haiku On A Plum Tree (2017)
Movie
Original Music Composer
async - first light (2017)
Movie
Composer
Rage (2016)
Movie
6.5
Original Music Composer
The Ferryman (2016)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Revenant (2015)
Movie
6.52
Theme Song Performance
Nuclear Nation II (2014)
Movie
Composer
Nuclear Nation (2012)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Black Mirror (2011)
TV
7.41
Original Music Composer
Dhobi Ghat (2010)
Movie
Composer
Women Without Men (2009)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist (2009)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Silk (2007)
Movie
9
Self / Musical
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live (2006)
Movie
Composer
Zarin (2005)
Movie
Composer
Tony Takitani (2005)
Movie
6
Composer
Original Child Bomb (2004)
Movie
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
Composer
Femme Fatale (2002)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Derrida (2002)
Movie
Composer
Taboo (1999)
Movie
Director (segment 'Rain')
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999)
Movie
Hosaka Executive
New Rose Hotel (1999)
Movie
Composer
Snake Eyes (1998)
Movie
4
Composer
Wild Side (1996)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Little Buddha (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Wild Palms (1993)
TV
6
Composer
Wuthering Heights (1992)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Decadence (1992)
Movie
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Marisa Monte: Mais (1991)
Movie
Original Music 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
Amakasu / Original Music Composer
The Last Emperor (1987)
Movie
7.67
Self / Original Music Composer
TV WAR (1986)
Movie
Music Arranger
On the Beach (1985)
Movie
Self - Piano/strings
Steel Cathedrals (1985)
Movie
Self / Original Music Composer
Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto (1985)
Movie
Self - Keyboards / Music
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan (1983)
Movie
Self / Music
YMO: Winter Live '81 (1983)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.5
Based on 2.11 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1992
2005
1993
2024
Gallery
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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