Ryuichi Sakamoto

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-01-17 (71 years old)

Deathday

2023-03-28

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Ryuichi Sakamoto

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.

Acting

1987

1999

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

as Director (segment "Rain")

1999

2023

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Marisa Monte: Mais

as Ryuichi Sakamoto

2010

1999

New Rose Hotel

as Hosaka Executive

1993

TV-YMO

as Self

1986

1985

1987

1986

TV WAR

as Self

1985

Steel Cathedrals

as Self - Piano/strings

1983

2019

No Smoking

as Self

1983

Production

1987

The Last Emperor

as Original Music Composer

2004

Appleseed

as Original Music Composer

1991

High Heels

as Original Music Composer

1983

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

as Original Music Composer

1990

The Sheltering Sky

as Original Music Composer

2002

Femme Fatale

as Original Music Composer

1998

Snake Eyes

as Original Music Composer

1992

Tokyo Decadence

as Original Music Composer

2021

Apausalypse

as Music

1983

It's All Right, My Friend

as Original Music Composer

2020

Incomplete

as Original Music Composer

2020

Incomplete

as Director

2020

Adult Baby

as Musician

2022

Piano Cinéma

as Original Music Composer

2003

The Blonds

as Music

2002

My Daughter

as Sound

2022

After Yang

as Main Title Theme Composer

2005

Shining Boy and Little Randy

as Original Music Composer

1996

Wild Side

as Original Music Composer

2012

I Have To Buy New Shoes

as Original Music Composer

2015

The Revenant

as Original Music Composer

1993

Little Buddha

as Original Music Composer

1992

Wuthering Heights

as Original Music Composer

2007

Silk

as Original Music Composer

1987

1990

The Handmaid's Tale

as Original Music Composer

1986

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

as Original Music Composer

2004

Tony Takitani

as Original Music Composer

2022

2012

Nuclear Nation

as Theme Song Performance

2014

Nuclear Nation II

as Theme Song Performance

1985

All Star Video

as Director

1985

2015

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

as Original Music Composer

2016

Rage

as Original Music Composer

2016

The Ferryman

as Original Music Composer

2023

Monster

as Original Music Composer

2017

Star Sand

as Music

2013

Psychedelic Afternoon

as Original Music Composer

2011

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

as Original Music Composer

2017

async - first light

as Original Music Composer

2002

Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET

as Original Music Composer

2017

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

as Original Music Composer

2019

The Staggering Girl

as Original Music Composer

2012

I Have To Buy New Shoes

as Music Supervisor

2002

Derrida

as Original Music Composer

2021

Beckett

as Original Music Composer

2019

Paradise Next

as Original Music Composer

2017

The Fortress

as Original Music Composer

2019

My Tyrano: Together, Forever

as Original Music Composer

2019

Proxima

as Original Music Composer

2020

Minamata

as Original Music Composer

1985

On the Beach

as Music Arranger

2021

Love After Love

as Original Music Composer

1990

Infinite Escher

as Original Music Composer

1986

TV WAR

as Original Music Composer

2019

Agniyogana

as Original Music Composer

1985

2018

Your Face

as Original Music Composer

1986

Adelic Penguins

as Original Music Composer

2003

Life Is Journey

as Original Music Composer

1993

Rabbit Ears - Peachboy

as Original Music Composer

2009

Women Without Men

as Original Music Composer

2002

Alexei and the Spring

as Original Music Composer

2017

Fullmoon

as Music

2010

Dhobi Ghat

as Original Music Composer

2024

Black Ox

as Music

2024

TIME

as Sound

2017

1983

Where the Toys Come From

as Music Arranger

2025

Sons of the Neon Night

as Original Music Composer

1999

Taboo

as Original Music Composer

2016

Rage

as Theme Song Performance

2005

Zarin

as Original Music Composer

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