About

Known credits:
133
Birthday:
1952-01-17
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Overview

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

Acting
2024 Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days Actor N/A
N/A
2023 Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus Actor Self 59
Average
2023 SUGA: Road to D-DAY Actor Self 59
Average
2023 Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2022 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 Actor Himself 59
Average
2020 OKINA: Dance of Life Actor N/A
N/A
2020 Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated Actor N/A
N/A
2019 No Smoking Actor Self 59
Average
2018 Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory Actor Self 59
Average
2017 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Actor Self 60
Fair
2016 Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House Actor Self 59
Average
2015 700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto Actor Self N/A
N/A
2012 Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK Actor Self N/A
N/A
2010 Burning Ice Actor Self 59
Average
2009 Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist Actor Self N/A
N/A
2006 Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live Actor Self N/A
N/A
2003 Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream Actor Self 59
Average
2000 Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version Actor N/A
N/A
1999 Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 Actor Director (segment "Rain") N/A
N/A
1999 Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 Actor Director (segment "Rain") 59
Average
1999 Complete Hurrah Actor Self N/A
N/A
1999 New Rose Hotel Actor Hosaka Executive 57
Average
1993 TV-YMO Actor Self N/A
N/A
1993 YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 Actor self N/A
N/A
1992 YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime Actor Self N/A
N/A
1991 Marisa Monte - Mais Actor Ryuichi Sakamoto 59
Average
1988 SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO Actor N/A
N/A
1987 NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～ Actor N/A
N/A
1987 The Last Emperor Actor Amakasu 72
Good
1987 Brand New Day Actor Self 59
Average
1986 Adelic Penguins Actor N/A
N/A
1986 TV WAR Actor Self N/A
N/A
1986 Bye Bye Kipling Actor Self N/A
N/A
1985 Steel Cathedrals Actor Self - Piano/strings N/A
N/A
1985 Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto Actor Self 59
Average
1985 All Star Video Actor Self 59
Average
1984 Preparations For A Journey Actor N/A
N/A
1984 A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda Actor Self 59
Average
1983 The Oshima Gang Actor Self N/A
N/A
1983 YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan Actor Self - Keyboards 59
Average
1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Actor Yonoi 65
Fair
1983 YMO: Winter Live '81 Actor Self N/A
N/A
1981 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 Actor Self N/A
N/A
坂本龍一 芸術は長く、人生は短し Actor N/A
N/A
Technodon in Tokyo Dome Actor N/A
N/A

Directing
2020 Incomplete Directing Director N/A
N/A
1985 All Star Video Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2006 Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live Writing Musical N/A
N/A

Sound
2024 Black Ox Sound Music N/A
N/A
2023 Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus Sound Music 59
Average
2023 Monster Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
2023 Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV Sound Music 59
Average
2023 Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen Sound Music 59
Average
2022 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2022 exception Sound Music Arranger 70
Good
2022 exception Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
2022 exception Sound Music Producer 70
Good
2022 Piano Cinéma Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2022 After Yang Sound Main Title Theme Composer 61
Fair
2021 Love After Love Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2021 Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund Sound Music 58
Average
2021 Beckett Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2021 Apausalypse Sound Music 59
Average
2020 Incomplete Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2020 Adult Baby Sound Musician 59
Average
2020 Minamata Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2019 Proxima Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2019 Agniyogana Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2019 My Tyrano: Together, Forever Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2019 Paradise Next Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2019 The Staggering Girl Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2018 Your Face Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2018 Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory Sound Music 59
Average
2017 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2017 The Fortress Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2017 Fullmoon Sound Music 59
Average
2017 Star Sand Sound Music 59
Average
2017 Haiku On A Plum Tree Sound Music 59
Average
2017 async - first light Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2016 Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House Sound Music 59
Average
2016 Rage Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2016 The Ferryman Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2015 The Revenant Sound Original Music Composer 74
Good
2015 Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2014 Nuclear Nation II Sound Theme Song Performance 59
Average
2013 Psychedelic Afternoon Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2012 I Have To Buy New Shoes Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2012 I Have To Buy New Shoes Sound Music Supervisor 59
Average
2012 Nuclear Nation Sound Theme Song Performance 59
Average
2011 Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto Sound Music N/A
N/A
2011 Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’ Sound Music N/A
N/A
2011 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2010 Dhobi Ghat Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2009 Women Without Men Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2007 Silk Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2005 Zarin Sound Music N/A
N/A
2005 Shining Boy and Little Randy Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2005 Tony Takitani Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2004 Appleseed Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2003 The Blonds Sound Music 59
Average
2003 Life Is Journey Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2002 Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2002 My Daughter Sound Sound N/A
N/A
2002 Femme Fatale Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2002 Derrida Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2002 Alexei and the Spring Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2001 To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out Sound Music N/A
N/A
2000 Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART Sound Sound N/A
N/A
1999 Taboo Sound Music 60
Fair
1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1998 Snake Eyes Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1996 Wild Side Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1993 Little Buddha Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1993 Wild Palms Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
1993 Rabbit Ears - Peachboy Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1992 Wuthering Heights Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1992 Tokyo Decadence Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1991 High Heels Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1990 The Sheltering Sky Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1990 Infinite Escher Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
1990 The Handmaid's Tale Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1987 The Last Emperor Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
1987 Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1986 The Adventures of Milo and Otis Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1986 Adelic Penguins Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
1986 TV WAR Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
1985 On the Beach Sound Music Arranger 59
Average
1985 Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1985 All Star Video Sound Music 59
Average
1983 YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan Sound Music 59
Average
1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1983 YMO: Winter Live '81 Sound Music N/A
N/A
1983 It's All Right, My Friend Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A