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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1952-01-17

Deathday: 2023-03-28 (71 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 120

Movies 114

self 33

TV Shows 6

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Biography

Filmography

all 120

Movies 114

self 33

TV Shows 6

Director 2

Producer 1

Last Days 坂本龍一 最期の日々 (2024)

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)

SUGA: Road to D-DAY (2023)

Monster (2023)

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)

Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen (2023)

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 (2022)

exception (2022)

NHK MUSIC SPECIAL (2022)

Piano Cinéma (2022)

After Yang (2022)

Love After Love (2021)

Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund (2021)

Beckett (2021)

Apausalypse (2021)

Incomplete (2020)

OKINA: Dance of Life (2020)

Adult Baby (2020)

Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated (2020)

Minamata (2020)

Proxima (2019)

No Smoking (2019)

Agniyogana (2019)

My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2019)

Paradise Next (2019)

The Staggering Girl (2019)

Your Face (2018)

Sukita: The Shoot Must Go On (2018)

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory (2018)

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017)

The Fortress (2017)

Fullmoon (2017)

The Man Most Feared by the US Military: His Name was Kamejiro (2017)

Star Sand (2017)

Haiku On A Plum Tree (2017)

async - first light (2017)

Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House (2016)

Rage (2016)

The Ferryman (2016)

The Revenant (2015)

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)

700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto (2015)

Nuclear Nation II (2014)

Psychedelic Afternoon (2013)

I Have To Buy New Shoes (2012)

Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK (2012)

Nuclear Nation (2012)

Black Mirror (2011)

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

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’ (2011)

Dhobi Ghat (2010)

Burning Ice (2010)

Women Without Men (2009)

Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist (2009)

Silk (2007)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live (2006)

Zarin (2005)

Shining Boy and Little Randy (2005)

Tony Takitani (2005)

Original Child Bomb (2004)

Appleseed (2004)

The Blonds (2003)

Life Is Journey (2003)

Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream (2003)

Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET (2002)

My Daughter (2002)

Femme Fatale (2002)

Derrida (2002)

Alexei and the Spring (2002)

To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out (2001)

Last Days 坂本龍一最期の日々 (2024)

坂本龍一芸術は長く、人生は短し

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1952-01-17

Deathday
2023-03-28 (71 years old)

Birth Place
Nakano-ku, Japan

Relationships
Akiko Yano (1979-01-01 - 2006-01-01)

Children
Miu Sakamoto

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
Ryûichi Sakamoto, Ryūichi Sakamoto, 류이치 사카모토, 坂本龙一, 坂本龍一

Awards
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Officer of Arts and Letters, Art Encouragement Prizes, Order of Rio Branco