Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sound
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 62
Movies (56)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries2025Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 20142025Self
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era2024Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus2023Self
SUGA: Road to D-DAY2023Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV2023Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 20222022Himself
Brilliant Trees Sessions2021
Incomplete2020Directing
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure2020
OKINA: Dance of Life2020
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated2020
No Smoking2019Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory2018Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA2017Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House2016Self
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto2015Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK2012Self- Burning Ice2010Self
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra2009himself
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist2009Self
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_2008
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live2006Self
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream2003Self
VisualYMO:the Best2003
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version2000
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:991999Director (segment "Rain")
Complete Hurrah1999Self
New Rose Hotel1999Hosaka Executive
Shows (6)
NHK MUSIC SPECIAL2021
Thirteen Talks2016- 100年インタビュー2007ゲスト
Jounetsu Tairiku1998
Today's Close-Up1993
NHK Special1989Self