Actor
· Sound
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Born 1952-01-17
Died 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 54
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
as Self
2025
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
as Self
2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
as Self
2023
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
as Self
2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
as Himself
2022
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
NHK MUSIC SPECIAL
2021
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure
2020
OKINA: Dance of Life
2020
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
No Smoking
as Self
2019
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
as Self
2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
as Self
2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
as Self
2016
Thirteen Talks
2016
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Self
2015
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
as Self
2012
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
as himself
2009
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
as Self
2009
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
as Self
2006
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
as Self
2003
VisualYMO:the Best
2003
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
2000
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Director (segment "Rain")
1999
Complete Hurrah
as Self
1999
New Rose Hotel
as Hosaka Executive
1999
Jounetsu Tairiku
1998
TV-YMO
as Self
1993
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
as self
1993
Today's Close-Up
1993
Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
as Self
1992
Marisa Monte: Mais
as Self
1991
NHK Special
as Self
1989
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1988
The Last Emperor
as Amakasu
1987
Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
1986
Adelic Penguins
1986
TV WAR
as Self
1986
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Self
1985
All Star Video
as Self
1985
A Human Tube
1985
A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
as Self
1984
The Oshima Gang
as Self
1983
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
as Self - Keyboards
1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
as Yonoi
1983
YMO: Winter Live '81
as Self
1983
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
as Self
1981
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as Self (archive footage)
Technodon in Tokyo Dome