Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Known for
Sound
Born
January 17, 1952
Died
March 28, 2023 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Sons of the Neon Night poster

Sons of the Neon Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Black Ox poster

Black Ox

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Monster poster

Monster

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Stalingrad - Voices from the Ruins poster

Stalingrad - Voices from the Ruins

Movie · Music

2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus poster

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

Movie · Music

2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV poster

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Movie · Main Title Theme Composer

2022
Piano Cinéma poster

Piano Cinéma

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
After Yang poster

After Yang

Movie · Main Title Theme Composer

2022
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 poster

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
exception poster

exception

TV · Music Arranger, Music Producer, Original Music Composer · 8 eps

2021
Apausalypse poster

Apausalypse

Movie · Music

2021
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund poster

Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund

Movie · Music

2021
Beckett poster

Beckett

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Love After Love poster

Love After Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Incomplete poster

Incomplete

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Adult Baby poster

Adult Baby

Movie · Musician

2020
Minamata poster

Minamata

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
The Staggering Girl poster

The Staggering Girl

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Paradise Next poster

Paradise Next

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
My Tyrano: Together, Forever poster

My Tyrano: Together, Forever

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Proxima poster

Proxima

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Agniyogana poster

Agniyogana

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Your Face poster

Your Face

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory poster

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory

Movie · Music

2017
Haiku On A Plum Tree poster

Haiku On A Plum Tree

Movie · Music

2017
Star Sand poster

Star Sand

Movie · Music

2017
async - first light poster

async - first light

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA poster

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Fortress poster

The Fortress

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Fullmoon poster

Fullmoon

Movie · Music

2017
A Gentle Glow poster

A Gentle Glow

Movie · Music

2016
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House poster

Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House

Movie · Music

2016
Rage poster

Rage

Movie · Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance

2016
The Ferryman poster

The Ferryman

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
The Revenant poster

The Revenant

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son poster

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Nuclear Nation II poster

Nuclear Nation II

Movie · Theme Song Performance

2013
Psychedelic Afternoon poster

Psychedelic Afternoon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Yae's Sakura poster

Yae's Sakura

TV · Theme Song Performance · 50 eps

2012
I Have to Buy New Shoes poster

I Have to Buy New Shoes

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor

2012
Nuclear Nation poster

Nuclear Nation

Movie · Theme Song Performance

2012
Future Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse) poster

Future Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse)

Movie · Music

2012
Light Up Nippon poster

Light Up Nippon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto poster

Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto

Movie · Music

2011
Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’ poster

Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’

Movie · Music

2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai poster

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2010
Dhobi Ghat poster

Dhobi Ghat

Movie · Songs

2009
Women Without Men poster

Women Without Men

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_ poster

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Silk poster

Silk

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Babel poster

Babel

Movie · Songs

2005
Shining Boy & Little Randy poster

Shining Boy & Little Randy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Zarin poster

Zarin

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Tony Takitani poster

Tony Takitani

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Appleseed poster

Appleseed

Movie · Music

2003
The Blonds poster

The Blonds

Movie · Music

2003
Life Is Journey poster

Life Is Journey

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Femme Fatale poster

Femme Fatale

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
My Daughter poster

My Daughter

Movie · Sound

2002
Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET poster

Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Derrida poster

Derrida

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Alexei and the Spring poster

Alexei and the Spring

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out poster

To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

Movie · Music

2000
Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART poster

Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART

Movie · Sound

1999
Taboo poster

Taboo

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon poster

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Snake Eyes poster

Snake Eyes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Wild Side poster

Wild Side

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Little Buddha poster

Little Buddha

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Wild Palms poster

Wild Palms

TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps

1992
Tokyo Decadence poster

Tokyo Decadence

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
High Heels poster

High Heels

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Peachboy poster

Peachboy

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
The Sheltering Sky poster

The Sheltering Sky

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
The Handmaid's Tale poster

The Handmaid's Tale

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Infinite Escher poster

Infinite Escher

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
The Last Emperor poster

The Last Emperor

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise poster

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
The Adventures of Milo and Otis poster

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
TV WAR poster

TV WAR

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Adelic Penguins poster

Adelic Penguins

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
All Star Video poster

All Star Video

Movie · Music

1985
On the Beach poster

On the Beach

Movie · Music Arranger

1985
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto poster

Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence poster

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
It's All Right, My Friend poster

It's All Right, My Friend

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
YMO: Winter Live '81 poster

YMO: Winter Live '81

Movie · Music

1983
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan poster

YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan

Movie · Music

1983
Where the Toys Come From poster

Where the Toys Come From

Movie · Music Arranger