Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer · Actor · DirectorRyuichi 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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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR55
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
2025
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025
Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
2024
Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
Self (archive footage)
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
2023
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
2023
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022
Himself
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
OKINA: Dance of Life
2020
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure
2020
No Smoking
2019
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
2016
Self
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015
Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
2012
Self
- Burning Ice
Burning Ice
2010
Self
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
2009
Self
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
2009
himself
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
2006
Self
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003
Self
VisualYMO:the Best
2003
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
2000
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
Director (segment "Rain")
Complete Hurrah
1999
Self
New Rose Hotel
1999
Hosaka Executive
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
1993
self
TV-YMO
1993
Self
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
1992
Self
Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992
Marisa Monte: Mais
1991
Self
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1988
The Last Emperor
1987
Amakasu
- NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
1987
- Brand New Day
Brand New Day
1987
Self
Bye Bye Kipling
1986
Self
Adelic Penguins
1986
TV WAR
1986
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live
1986
A Human Tube
1985
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
Self
All Star Video
1985
Self
- Steel Cathedrals
Steel Cathedrals
1985
Self - Piano/strings
- Preparations For A Journey
Preparations For A Journey
1984
A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
1984
Self
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Yonoi
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983
Self - Keyboards
The Oshima Gang
1983
Self
YMO: Winter Live '81
1983
Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
1981
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Self (archive footage)
Technodon in Tokyo Dome
SOUND89
Sons of the Neon Night
2025
Original Music Composer
Flames of a Flower
2025
Theme Song Performance
Frammenti
2025
Original Music Composer
Black Ox
2024
Original Music Composer
Kraftwerk - Fuji Rock Festival 2024
2024
Original Music Composer
Monster
2023
Original Music Composer
Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen
2023
Music
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
2023
Music
Piano Cinéma
2022
Original Music Composer
After Yang
2022
Main Title Theme Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022
Original Music Composer
Apausalypse
2021
Music
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund
2021
Music
Beckett
2021
Original Music Composer
Love After Love
2021
Original Music Composer
Incomplete
2020
Original Music Composer
Adult Baby
2020
Musician
Minamata
2020
Original Music Composer
The Staggering Girl
2019
Original Music Composer
Paradise Next
2019
Original Music Composer
My Tyrano: Together, Forever
2019
Original Music Composer
Proxima
2019
Original Music Composer
Agniyogana
2019
Original Music Composer
Your Face
2018
Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018
Music
Haiku On A Plum Tree
2017
Music
Star Sand
2017
Music
async - first light
2017
Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017
Original Music Composer
The Fortress
2017
Original Music Composer
Fullmoon
2017
Music
A Gentle Glow
2017
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
2016
Music
Rage
2016
Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
The Ferryman
2016
Original Music Composer
The Revenant
2015
Original Music Composer
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Original Music Composer
Nuclear Nation II
2014
Theme Song Performance
Psychedelic Afternoon
2013
Original Music Composer
I Have to Buy New Shoes
2012
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
Nuclear Nation
2012
Theme Song Performance
Future Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse)
2012
Music
Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto
2011
Music
Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’
2011
Music
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Original Music Composer
Dhobi Ghat
2010
Songs
Women Without Men
2009
Original Music Composer
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
Original Music Composer
Silk
2007
Original Music Composer
Babel
2006
Songs
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Original Music Composer
Zarin
2005
Original Music Composer
Tony Takitani
2004
Original Music Composer
Appleseed
2004
Music
The Blonds
2003
Music
Life Is Journey
2003
Original Music Composer
Femme Fatale
2002
Original Music Composer
My Daughter
2002
Sound
Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET
2002
Original Music Composer
Derrida
2002
Original Music Composer
Alexei and the Spring
2002
Original Music Composer
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2001
Music
Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART
2000
Sound
Taboo
1999
Original Music Composer
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
Original Music Composer
Snake Eyes
1998
Original Music Composer
Wild Side
1996
Original Music Composer
Little Buddha
1993
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Decadence
1992
Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
1992
Original Music Composer
High Heels
1991
Original Music Composer
Peachboy
1991
Original Music Composer
The Sheltering Sky
1990
Original Music Composer
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
Original Music Composer
Infinite Escher
1990
Original Music Composer
The Last Emperor
1987
Original Music Composer
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
1987
Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
Original Music Composer
Adelic Penguins
1986
Original Music Composer
TV WAR
1986
Original Music Composer
All Star Video
1985
Music
On the Beach
1985
Music Arranger
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
Original Music Composer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Original Music Composer
It's All Right, My Friend
1983
Original Music Composer
YMO: Winter Live '81
1983
Music
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983
Music
Where the Toys Come From
1983
Music Arranger
