Person

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Sound · 1952-01-17 · † 2023-03-28 · 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 (75)

Year	Film	As
2025	Voskresenie	composer
2025	Sons of the Neon Night	Original Music Composer
2024	Black Ox	composer
2024	Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days	Self
2023	Monster	Original Music Composer
2023	SUGA: Road to D-DAY	Self
2022	After Yang	Main Title Theme Composer
2021	L'Île invisible - Fukushima, à la recherche de l'esprit de la zone	composer
2021	Beckett	composer
2020	Minamata	Original Music Composer
2020	Love After Love	composer
2019	Cose che non si assomigliano neanche	Self - composer
2019	No Smoking	Self
2019	Shiro Takatani - Between Nature and Technology	Self
2019	Shiro Takatani - Between Nature and Technology	composer
2019	Draw a Line	composer
2019	Proxima	composer
2019	Paradise Next	composer
2019	Agniyogana	composer
2018	My Tyrano: Together, Forever	composer
2018	Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory	composer
2018	Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory	Self
2018	Your Face	composer
2018	Sukita	Self
2017	Beigun ga mottomo osoreta otoko, sono na wa Kamejirô	composer
2017	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda	Self
2017	Haiku on a Plum Tree	composer
2017	Star Sand	composer
2017	The Fortress	composer
2016	Any Other Normal	composer
2016	Rage	composer
2015	The Revenant	Original Music Composer
2015	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son	composer
2013	Ana Ana	composer
2012	I Have to Buy New Shoes	composer
2012	Light Up Nippon	composer
2012	Futaba kara tooku hanarete	composer
2011	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	composer
2010	Burning Ice	Self
2009	Women Without Men	composer
2009	Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist	Self - Interviewee
2007	Silk	composer
2006	Babel	Songs
2005	Shining Boy & Little Randy	composer
2004	Appleseed	Music
2004	Tony Takitani	composer
2004	Original Child Bomb	composer
2003	The Blonds	composer
2003	Life Is Journey	composer
2002	Femme Fatale	Original Music Composer
2002	Alexei and the Spring	composer
2002	Derrida	composer
1999	Taboo	Original Music Composer
1998	Snake Eyes	Original Music Composer
1998	Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon	composer
1995	Wild Side	composer
1993	Little Buddha	Original Music Composer
1992	Tokyo Decadence	Original Music Composer
1992	Wuthering Heights	Original Music Composer
1991	High Heels	Original Music Composer
1990	The Sheltering Sky	Original Music Composer
1990	Infinite Escher	composer
1990	The Handmaid's Tale	Original Music Composer
1987	The Last Emperor	Amakasu
1987	The Last Emperor	Original Music Composer
1987	Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise	composer
1986	The Adventures of Milo and Otis	composer
1985	Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto	composer
1985	Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto	Self
1984	YMO Propaganda	Self
1984	YMO Propaganda	composer
1983	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Yonoi
1983	Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live '81	Self
1983	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Original Music Composer
1983	It's All Right, My Friend	composer