Sound · Tokyo, Japan · Born January 17, 1952
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.
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
2025
as Self
MovieTonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
2024
as Self
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto | Opus
2023
as Self
MovieSUGA: Road to D-DAY
2023
as Self
MovieNam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022
as Himself
MovieBrilliant Trees Sessions
2021
TVNHK MUSIC SPECIAL
2021
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure
2020
MovieOKINA: Dance of Life
2020
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
MovieNo Smoking
2019
as Self
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018
as Self
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017
as Self
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
2016
as Self
TVThirteen Talks
2016
Movie700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015
as Self
MovieYellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
2012
as Self
Burning Ice
2010
as Self
MoviePOSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
2009
as himself
MovieInk Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
2009
as Self
MovieAlva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
100年インタビュー
2007
as ゲスト
MovieAlva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
2006
as Self
MovieFemme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003
as Self
MovieVisualYMO:the Best
2003
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
2000
MovieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Director (segment "Rain")
MovieComplete Hurrah
1999
as Self
MovieNew Rose Hotel
1999
as Hosaka Executive
TVJounetsu Tairiku
1998
MovieTV-YMO
1993
as Self
MovieYMO – Live At Budokan 1980
1993
as self
TVToday's Close-Up
1993
MovieHurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992
MovieYMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
1992
as Self
MovieMarisa Monte: Mais
1991
as Self
TVNHK Special
1989
as Self
MovieSAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1988
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
1987
MovieThe Last Emperor
1987
as Amakasu
Brand New Day
1987
as Self
MovieBye Bye Kipling
1986
as Self
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live
1986
MovieAdelic Penguins
1986
MovieTV WAR
1986
as Self
Steel Cathedrals
1985
as Self - Piano/strings
MovieTokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
as Self
MovieAll Star Video
1985
as Self
MovieA Human Tube
1985
Preparations For A Journey
1984
MovieA Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
1984
as Self
MovieThe Oshima Gang
1983
as Self
MovieYMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
1983
as Self - Keyboards
MovieMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
as Yonoi
MovieYMO: Winter Live '81
1983
as Self
MovieYellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
1981
as Self
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTechnodon in Tokyo Dome
