Ryuichi Sakamoto
Known for: Sound
Born: January 17, 1952
Died: March 28, 2023
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
132 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
NR
Sekiro: No Defeat
2026
NR
A Flower of Forgetfulness
2026
2.0
Zi
2026
8.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025
8.0
Flames of a Flower
2025
5.4
Sons of the Neon Night
2025
NR
Frammenti
2025
8.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
2025
7.5
Black Ox
2024
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Kraftwerk - Fuji Rock Festival 2024
2024
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Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
2024
10.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
7.7
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
2023
7.5
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
2023
7.9
Monster
2023
6.8
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
7.9
Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen
2023
10.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022
7.0
exception
2022
NR
Piano Cinéma
2022
6.4
After Yang
2022
5.6
Love After Love
2021
8.0
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund
2021
6.2
Beckett
2021
NR
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
9.0
Apausalypse
2021
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NHK MUSIC SPECIAL
2021
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Incomplete
2020
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure
2020
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OKINA: Dance of Life
2020
8.5
Adult Baby
2020
6.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
6.9
Minamata
2020
6.2
Proxima
2019
7.0
No Smoking
2019
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Agniyogana
2019
6.2
My Tyrano: Together, Forever
2019
4.0
Paradise Next
2019
5.7
The Staggering Girl
2019
6.6
Your Face
2018
7.2
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018
8.0
A Gentle Glow
2017
7.4
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017
6.8
The Fortress
2017
8.0
Fullmoon
2017
7.0
Star Sand
2017
7.0
Haiku On A Plum Tree
2017
6.0
async - first light
2017
7.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
2016
6.9
Rage
2016
8.8
Thirteen Talks
2016
7.5
The Ferryman
2016
7.5
The Revenant
2015
6.9
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
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700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015
8.2
Nuclear Nation II
2014
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Psychedelic Afternoon
2013
7.9
Yae's Sakura
2013
6.2
I Have to Buy New Shoes
2012
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Future Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse)
2012
NR
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
2012
6.5
Nuclear Nation
2012
8.3
Black Mirror
2011
NR
Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto
2011
NR
Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’
2011
7.2
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
6.4
Dhobi Ghat
20106.5
Burning Ice
2010
NR
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
2009
6.3
Women Without Men
2009
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Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
2009
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
5.8
Silk
2007NR
100年インタビュー
2007
7.2
Babel
2006
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
2006
2.0
Zarin
2005
5.3
Shining Boy & Little Randy
2005
6.8
Tony Takitani
2004
6.7
Appleseed
2004
6.0
The Blonds
2003
NR
Life Is Journey
2003
8.7
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003
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VisualYMO:the Best
2003
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Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET
2002
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My Daughter
2002
6.2
Femme Fatale
2002
6.7
Derrida
2002
6.7
Alexei and the Spring
2002
10.0
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2001
NR
Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART
2000
NR
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
2000
6.6
Taboo
1999
7.7
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
NR
Complete Hurrah
1999
5.3
New Rose Hotel
1999
6.1
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
6.2
Snake Eyes
1998
7.0
Jounetsu Tairiku
1998
5.7
Wild Side
1996
NR
TV-YMO
1993
6.3
Little Buddha
1993
NR
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
1993
NR
Technodon in Tokyo Dome
1993
6.2
Wild Palms
1993
NR
Today's Close-Up
1993
6.6
Wuthering Heights
1992
NR
Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992
6.0
Tokyo Decadence
1992
NR
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
1992
8.5
Marisa Monte: Mais
1991
7.0
High Heels
1991
6.0
Peachboy
1991
6.5
The Sheltering Sky
1990
5.0
Infinite Escher
1990
6.1
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
8.0
NHK Special
1989
NR
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1988NR
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
1987
7.6
The Last Emperor
19877.0
Brand New Day
1987
6.9
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
1987
NR
Bye Bye Kipling
1986
6.5
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
10.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live
1986
NR
Adelic Penguins
1986
NR
TV WAR
1986
6.0
On the Beach
1985NR
Steel Cathedrals
1985
7.2
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
6.5
All Star Video
1985
NR
A Human Tube
1985NR
Preparations For A Journey
1984
9.0
A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
1984
NR
The Oshima Gang
1983
6.0
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983
5.8
Where the Toys Come From
1983
7.3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
NR
YMO: Winter Live '81
1983
6.3
It's All Right, My Friend
1983
NR
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
1981
NR
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
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