Ryuichi Sakamoto
January 17, 1952 (72 years old) in Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era as Self
- 2024 · Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days as
- 2023 · Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus as Self
- 2023 · SUGA: Road to D-DAY as Self
- 2023 · Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 as Himself
- 2022 · NHK MUSIC SPECIAL as
- 2020 · OKINA: Dance of Life as
- 2020 · Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated as
- 2019 · No Smoking as Self
- 2018 · Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory as Self
- 2017 · Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda as Self
- 2016 · Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House as Self
- 2016 · Thirteen Talks as
- 2015 · 700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self
- 2012 · Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK as Self
- 2010 · Burning Ice as Self
- 2009 · Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist as Self
- 2007 · 100年インタビュー as ゲスト
- 2006 · Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live as Self
- 2003 · Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream as Self
- 2000 · Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version as
- 1999 · Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as Director (segment "Rain")
- 1999 · Complete Hurrah as Self
- 1999 · New Rose Hotel as Hosaka Executive
- 1998 · Jounetsu Tairiku as
- 1993 · TV-YMO as Self
- 1993 · YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 as self
- 1993 · Today's Close-Up as
- 1992 · YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime as Self
- 1991 · Marisa Monte: Mais as Ryuichi Sakamoto
- 1989 · NHK Special as Self
- 1988 · SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO as
- 1987 · NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～ as
- 1987 · The Last Emperor as Amakasu
- 1987 · Brand New Day as Self
- 1986 · Adelic Penguins as
- 1986 · TV WAR as Self
- 1986 · Bye Bye Kipling as Self
- 1985 · Steel Cathedrals as Self - Piano/strings
- 1985 · Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self
- 1985 · All Star Video as Self
- 1985 · A Human Tube as
- 1984 · Preparations For A Journey as
- 1984 · A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda as Self
- 1983 · The Oshima Gang as Self
- 1983 · YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan as Self - Keyboards
- 1983 · Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence as Yonoi
- 1983 · YMO: Winter Live '81 as Self
- 1981 · Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self (archive footage)
- Future · Technodon in Tokyo Dome as
- Future · Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis as Self (archive footage)