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.
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Movie Credits
Ryuichi Sakamoto has appeared in 37 movies.
Some of the most popular movies include:
TV Credits
Ryuichi Sakamoto has appeared in 2 TV Series.
These include NHK MUSIC SPECIAL and 情熱大陸.Production Credits
Ryuichi Sakamoto has 81 production credits.Sound
Credited for Main Title Theme Composer in 1 show - After Yang.
Credited for Original Music Composer in 55 shows - It's All Right, My Friend, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto, TV WAR, Adelic Penguins, The Adventures of Milo and Otis, Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise, The Last Emperor, The Handmaid's Tale, Infinite Escher, The Sheltering Sky, High Heels, Tokyo Decadence, Wuthering Heights, Rabbit Ears - Peachboy, Wild Palms, Little Buddha, Wild Side, Snake Eyes, Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, Alexei and the Spring, Derrida, Femme Fatale, Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET, Life Is Journey, Appleseed, Tony Takitani, Shining Boy and Little Randy, Silk, Women Without Men, Mumbai Diaries, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Black Mirror, I Have To Buy New Shoes, Psychedelic Afternoon, Nagasaki: Memories of My Son, The Revenant, The Ferryman, Rage, async - first light, The Fortress, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, Your Face, The Staggering Girl, Paradise Next, My Tyrano: Together, Forever, Agniyogana, Proxima, Minamata, Incomplete, Beckett, Love After Love, exception, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 and Monster.
Credited for Music in 14 shows - YMO: Winter Live '81, YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan, All Star Video, Taboo, To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out, Zarin, Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Star Sand, Fullmoon, Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory, Apausalypse, Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund, Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen and Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus.
Credited for Music Supervisor in 1 show - I Have To Buy New Shoes.
Credited for Music Arranger in 2 shows - On the Beach and exception.
Credited for Sound in 2 shows - Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART and My Daughter.
Credited for Theme Song Performance in 2 shows - Nuclear Nation and Nuclear Nation II.
Credited for Music Producer in 1 show - exception.
Directing
Credited for Director in 2 shows - All Star Video and Incomplete.
Writing
Credited for Musical in 1 show - Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live.