Ryuichi Sakamoto
About
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Birth Place
Japan
Born
January 17, 1952
Biography
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One of the few figures in contemporary Japanese popular music to have found an international audience, firstly with the successful Yellow Magic Orchestra. Ryuichi began composing for films in 1983 with "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," in which he also portrayed Captain Yonoi, and won an Oscar for the haunting score of "The Last Emperor" (1987), co-written with David Byrne and Cong Su....
Filmography
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Burning Ice
(2010)
Femme Fatale
(2002)
Performer
New Rose Hotel
(1998)
Hiroshi'S Executive
Love Is the Devil
(1998)
Performer
Wild Side
(1996)
Performer
Brand New Day
(1987)
Himself
Family & Companions
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Norika Sakamoto
Wife
Biography
One of the few figures in contemporary Japanese popular music to have found an international audience, firstly with the successful Yellow Magic Orchestra. Ryuichi began composing for films in 1983 with "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," in which he also portrayed Captain Yonoi, and won an Oscar for the haunting score of "The Last Emperor" (1987), co-written with David Byrne and Cong Su.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Burning Ice
(2010)
Femme Fatale
(2002)
Performer
New Rose Hotel
(1998)
Hiroshi'S Executive
Love Is the Devil
(1998)
Performer
Wild Side
(1996)
Performer
Brand New Day
(1987)
Himself
The Last Emperor
(1987)
Tokyo Melody, A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
(1985)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(1983)
Captain Yonoi
Music (Feature Film)
Miss Bala
(2019)
Song
The Revenant
(2015)
Music
The Revenant
(2015)
Song Performer
The Revenant
(2015)
Song
Nuclear Nation
(2013)
Music Composer
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
(2012)
Music
Women Without Men
(2009)
Music
Silk
(2007)
Original Music
Silk
(2007)
Music
The Blonds
(2004)
Music
ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB
(2004)
Music
Appleseed
(2004)
Music
Tony Takitani
(2004)
Music
Lullaby of Clubland
(2002)
Music
Femme Fatale
(2002)
Music Composer
Derrida
(2002)
Music
Roji-E: Nakagami Kenji no Nokoshita Film
(2000)
Music
Taboo
(2000)
Music
Taboo
(2000)
Music Conductor & Orchestrations
Poppoya
(1999)
Theme Song
Snake Eyes
(1998)
Music Conductor
Snake Eyes
(1998)
Original Music
Love Is the Devil
(1998)
Music
Snake Eyes
(1998)
Music
Wild Side
(1996)
Music Producer
Wild Side
(1996)
Music Composer
Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force
(1994)
Music Director
Little Buddha
(1994)
Music
Little Buddha
(1994)
Music Conductor
Jimmy Hollywood
(1994)
Song Performer
Tokyo Decadence
(1992)
Music
High Heels
(1991)
Music
The Laserman
(1990)
Theme Song
The Handmaid's Tale
(1990)
Music
The Sheltering Sky
(1990)
Music
Black Rain
(1989)
Song
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
(1989)
Music
Black Rain
(1989)
Song Performer
The Last Emperor
(1987)
Music
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(1983)
Music
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Brand New Day
(1987)
Other
Music (TV Mini-Series)
Peachboy
(1991)
Music
Life Events
1978
Founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra
1983
After disbanding Yellow Magic Orchestra, pursued solo recording career
1983
First film as composer, Nagisa Oshima's "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (also acted)
1987
Contributed to the award-winning score of Bernardo Bertolucci's epic "The Last Emperor"
2000
Scored the film "Gohatto/Taboo", directed by Oshima
Companions
Norika Sakamoto
Wife
