Ryūichi Sakamoto

Ryūichi Sakamoto

Born 01/17/1952
Tokyo, Japan

Died 03/28/2023 (71 years old)
Tokyo, Japan

Biography (1)

Ryuichi Sakamoto was a composer, producer, and artist born in Tokyo. Sakamoto's diverse résumé includes pioneering electronic works in the legendary techno group Yellow Magic Orchestra, producing pop albums and numerous classical compositions, two operas, and nearly 45 original film/TV scores. As a film-score composer, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), and his music for The Last Emperor (1987) won him world… (more)

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Composer

Movies
2023

Monster

2021

Beckett

 

Sayonara Tyrano

2020

Love After Love

 

Minamata

2019

My Tyrano: Together, Forever

 

Paradise Next

 

Proxima

2017

The Fortress

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2016

Any Other Normal

 

Rage

2015

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

 

The Revenant

2014

Pojezdka k matěri

2012

I Have to Buy New Shoes

2011

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

2009

Women Without Men

2007

Silk

2005

Shining Boy and Little Randy

2004

Appleseed

 

Tony Takitani

2003

Life Is Journey

2002

Femme Fatale

1999

Taboo

1998

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

 

Snake Eyes

1995

Wild Side

1993

Little Buddha

1992

Tokyo Decadence

 

Wuthering Heights

1991

High Heels

1990

The Handmaid's Tale

 

The Sheltering Sky

1987

Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise

 

The Last Emperor

1986

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1984

YMO Propaganda

1983

Daidžóbu My Friend

 

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Series
2022

Exception

 

Gravitation (E08)

 

Survival (E07)

 

Betrayal (E06)

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2019

Black Mirror

 

Smithereens (S05E02)

2009

The Waste Land

1993

Wild Palms

 

Hello, I Must Be Going (E05)

 

Hungry Ghosts (E04)

 

Rising Sons (E03)

  more episodes (2)
Documentaries
2023

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

2019

Agniyogana

2018

Your Face

 

‎Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory

2017

Beigun ga mottomo osoreta otoko, sono na wa Kamejirô

2014

Ana Ana

2004

Original Child Bomb

2003

The Blonds

2002

Derrida

1990

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Theatrical recording
2021

New Ocean Sea Cycle - Ballet of Difference @ Pinakothek der Moderne

Short
2019

The Staggering Girl

2005

Zarin

Actor

Guest