Ryuichi Sakamoto
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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Acting History
2025
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries as Self (archive footage)
2025Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014 as Self
2024Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era as Self
2024Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2023Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus as Self
2023SUGA: Road to D-DAY as Self
2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV as Self (archive footage)
2022Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 as Himself
2021Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021NHK MUSIC SPECIAL
2020OKINA: Dance of Life
2020Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2019No Smoking as Self
2018Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory as Self
2017Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda as Self
2016Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House as Self
2016Thirteen Talks
2015700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self
2012Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK as Self
2010Burning Ice as Self
2009POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra as himself
2009Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist as Self
2008Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2007100年インタビュー as ゲスト
2006Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live as Self
2003Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream as Self
2003VisualYMO:the Best
2000Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as Director (segment "Rain")
1999Complete Hurrah as Self
1999New Rose Hotel as Hosaka Executive
1998Jounetsu Tairiku
1993TV-YMO as Self
1993YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 as self
1993Today's Close-Up
1992Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime as Self
1991Marisa Monte: Mais as Self
1989NHK Special as Self
1988SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1987NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
1987The Last Emperor as Amakasu
1987Brand New Day as Self
1986Adelic Penguins
1986TV WAR as Self
1986Bye Bye Kipling as Self
1985Steel Cathedrals as Self - Piano/strings
1985Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self
1985All Star Video as Self
1985A Human Tube
1984Preparations For A Journey
1984A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda as Self
1983The Oshima Gang as Self
1983YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan as Self - Keyboards
1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence as Yonoi
1983YMO: Winter Live '81 as Self
1981Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 as Self
—Technodon in Tokyo Dome
—Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis as Self (archive footage)