Jan 17, 1952 - 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.
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| Movie | 1987 | The Last Emperor | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1998 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2011 | Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2004 | Appleseed | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1991 | High Heels | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1983 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1990 | The Sheltering Sky | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2002 | Femme Fatale | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1998 | Snake Eyes | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1992 | Tokyo Decadence | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2021 | Apausalypse | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 1983 | It's All Right, My Friend | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2020 | Incomplete | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2020 | Incomplete | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’ | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2020 | Adult Baby | Musician | Sound |
| Movie | 2022 | Piano Cinéma | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2003 | The Blonds | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2021 | Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2006 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live | Musical | Writing |
| Movie | 2002 | My Daughter | Sound | Sound |
| Movie | 2022 | After Yang | Main Title Theme Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2005 | Shining Boy and Little Randy | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1996 | Wild Side | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2012 | I Have To Buy New Shoes | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2015 | The Revenant | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1993 | Little Buddha | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1992 | Wuthering Heights | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2007 | Silk | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1987 | Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1986 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2004 | Tony Takitani | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2022 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2000 | Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART | Sound | Sound |
| Movie | 2012 | Nuclear Nation | Theme Song Performance | Sound |
| Movie | 2014 | Nuclear Nation II | Theme Song Performance | Sound |
| Movie | 1985 | All Star Video | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | All Star Video | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2016 | Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 1983 | YMO: Winter Live '81 | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2016 | Rage | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2017 | Haiku On A Plum Tree | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2016 | The Ferryman | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2023 | Monster | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2023 | Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2001 | To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2017 | Star Sand | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2013 | Psychedelic Afternoon | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2011 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2017 | async - first light | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2002 | Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2023 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2017 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2019 | The Staggering Girl | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2012 | I Have To Buy New Shoes | Music Supervisor | Sound |
| Movie | 2002 | Derrida | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2021 | Beckett | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2019 | Paradise Next | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2017 | The Fortress | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2019 | My Tyrano: Together, Forever | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1983 | YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2019 | Proxima | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2020 | Minamata | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1985 | On the Beach | Music Arranger | Sound |
| Movie | 2021 | Love After Love | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1990 | Infinite Escher | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1986 | TV WAR | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2019 | Agniyogana | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1985 | Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2018 | Your Face | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1986 | Adelic Penguins | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2003 | Life Is Journey | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1993 | Rabbit Ears - Peachboy | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2018 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2009 | Women Without Men | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2002 | Alexei and the Spring | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2017 | Fullmoon | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2010 | Dhobi Ghat | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2024 | Black Ox | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2022 | A Conversation with the Sun (VR) | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 2024 | TIME | Sound | Sound |
| Movie | 2017 | A Gentle Glow | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 1983 | Where the Toys Come From | Music Arranger | Sound |
| Movie | 2025 | Sons of the Neon Night | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1999 | Taboo | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2016 | Rage | Theme Song Performance | Sound |
| Movie | 2008 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_ | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2005 | Zarin | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| TV Show | 1993 | Wild Palms | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| TV Show | 2011 | Black Mirror | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| TV Show | 2022 | exception | Music Producer | Sound |
| TV Show | 2022 | exception | Music Arranger | Sound |
| TV Show | 2022 | exception | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| TV Show | 2013 | Yae's Sakura | Theme Song Performance | Sound |
