Ryuichi Sakamoto
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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
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movieFlames of a Flower
2025
Theme Song Performance
movieSons of the Neon Night
2025
Original Music Composer
movieFrammenti
2025
Original Music Composer
movieBlack Ox
2024
Original Music Composer
movieKraftwerk - Fuji Rock Festival 2024
2024
Original Music Composer
movieMonster
2023
Original Music Composer
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022
Original Music Composer
tvexception
2022
Music Arranger, Music Producer, Original Music Composer
moviePiano Cinéma
2022
Original Music Composer
movieAfter Yang
2022
Main Title Theme Composer
movieLove After Love
2021
Original Music Composer
movieBeckett
2021
Original Music Composer
movieApausalypse
2021
Music
movieIncomplete
2020
Original Music Composer
movieAdult Baby
2020
Musician
movieMinamata
2020
Original Music Composer
movieProxima
2019
Original Music Composer
movieAgniyogana
2019
Original Music Composer
movieMy Tyrano: Together, Forever
2019
Original Music Composer
movieParadise Next
2019
Original Music Composer
movieThe Staggering Girl
2019
Original Music Composer
movieYour Face
2018
Original Music Composer
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fortress
2017
Original Music Composer
movieFullmoon
2017
Music
movieStar Sand
2017
Music
movieasync - first light
2017
Original Music Composer
movieRage
2016
Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
movieThe Ferryman
2016
Original Music Composer
movieThe Revenant
2015
Original Music Composer
movieNagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Original Music Composer
movieNuclear Nation II
2014
Theme Song Performance
moviePsychedelic Afternoon
2013
Original Music Composer
tvYae's Sakura
2013
Theme Song Performance
movieI Have to Buy New Shoes
2012
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
movieNuclear Nation
2012
Theme Song Performance
tvBlack Mirror
2011
Original Music Composer
movieHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Original Music Composer
movieDhobi Ghat
2010
Songs
movieWomen Without Men
2009
Original Music Composer
movieAlva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
Original Music Composer
movieSilk
2007
Original Music Composer
movieBabel
2006
Songs
movieZarin
2005
Original Music Composer
movieShining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Original Music Composer
movieTony Takitani
2004
Original Music Composer
movieAppleseed
2004
Music
movieThe Blonds
2003
Music
movieLife Is Journey
2003
Original Music Composer
movieMiki Nakatani: AIR POCKET
2002
Original Music Composer
movieMy Daughter
2002
Sound
movieFemme Fatale
2002
Original Music Composer
movieDerrida
2002
Original Music Composer
movieAlexei and the Spring
2002
Original Music Composer
movieTaboo
1999
Original Music Composer
movieLove Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
Original Music Composer
movieSnake Eyes
1998
Original Music Composer
movieWild Side
1996
Original Music Composer
movieLittle Buddha
1993
Original Music Composer
tvWild Palms
1993
Original Music Composer
movieWuthering Heights
1992
Original Music Composer
movieTokyo Decadence
1992
Original Music Composer
movieHigh Heels
1991
Original Music Composer
moviePeachboy
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Sheltering Sky
1990
Original Music Composer
movieInfinite Escher
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Handmaid's Tale
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Emperor
1987
Original Music Composer
movieRoyal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
Original Music Composer
movieAdelic Penguins
1986
Original Music Composer
movieTV WAR
1986
Original Music Composer
movieOn the Beach
1985
Music Arranger
movieTokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
Original Music Composer
movieWhere the Toys Come From
1983
Music Arranger
movieMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Original Music Composer
movieIt's All Right, My Friend
1983
Original Music Composer
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movieRyuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieNam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
Director (segment "Rain")
movieNew Rose Hotel
1999
Hosaka Executive
movieTV-YMO
1993
Self
movieThe Last Emperor
1987
Amakasu
movieTV WAR
1986
Self
Steel Cathedrals
1985
Self - Piano/strings
movieYMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983
Self - Keyboards
movieRyuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Self (archive footage)
Crew2
movieA Flower of Forgetfulness
2026
Compositor
movieZi
2026
In Memory Of
Directing2
movieIncomplete
2020
Director
movieAll Star Video
1985
Director