Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer
- Born
- January 17, 1952
- Died
- March 28, 2023 (age 71)
- From
- 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.
Filmography (56)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries (2025)Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014 (2025)Self
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era (2024)Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days (2024)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)Self
SUGA: Road to D-DAY (2023)Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 (2022)Himself
Brilliant Trees Sessions (2021)
Incomplete (2020)Director
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure (2020)
OKINA: Dance of Life (2020)
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated (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 IceBurning Ice (2010)Self
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra (2009)himself
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist (2009)Self
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