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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Highest Rated: 100% Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (2023)

Lowest Rated: 7% Silk (2007)

Birthday: Jan 17, 1952

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

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. Ryuichi Sakamoto died on March 28, 2023 at the age of 71.

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Highest rated movies

100% 80% Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
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100% Your Face
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98% 85% Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Watchlist 96% 91% Monster Watchlist
90% 75% Nuclear Nation
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86% 71% Proxima Watchlist
86% 79% Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
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86% 88% The Last Emperor
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82% 58% Derrida
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80% 74% The Adventures of Milo and Otis
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Filmography

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Credit
100% 80% Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus Self,
Original Music
$86.4K 2023
96% 91% Monster Original Music $434.6K 2023
49% 33% Beckett Original Music - 2021
78% 92% Minamata Original Music - 2020
86% 71% Proxima Original Music - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paradise Next Music Score - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Onkio Haus Melody-Go-Round Self - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ryuichi Sakamoto: Async Live at the Park Avenue Armory Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory Self,
Original Music
- 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY Unknown (Character) - 2018
100% No Score Yet Your Face Original Music - 2018
98% 85% Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Self $117.2K 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Haiku on a Plum Tree Music - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Renewable Japan: The Search for a New Energy Paradigm Music Score - 2017
No Score Yet 88% Rage Original Music - 2016
78% 84% The Revenant Original Music $183.6M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ana Ana Original Music - 2014
90% 75% Nuclear Nation Original Music $3.6K 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crow's Thumb Unknown (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Have To Buy New Shoes Music Supervisor,
Music Score
- 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Light Up Nippon Music Score - 2012
76% 75% Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Original Music $60.2K 2011
73% 52% Women Without Men Original Music $176.0K 2009
7% 29% Silk Original Music $1.1M 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shining Boy & Little Randy Music Score - 2005
60% No Score Yet The Blonds Original Music - 2003
82% 58% Derrida Original Music $156.3K 2002
49% 49% Femme Fatale Original Music $6.6M 2002
71% 71% Taboo Original Music $133.9K 1999
43% 35% Snake Eyes Original Music $55.6M 1998
67% 62% Love Is the Devil: Study of a Portrait of Francis Bacon Original Music $343.0K 1998
24% 38% New Rose Hotel Hosaka Executive (Character) $20.4K 1998
65% 53% Little Buddha Original Music $2.3M 1993
31% 66% Wuthering Heights Original Music - 1992
71% 54% Tokyo Decadence Original Music - 1992
61% 83% High Heels Original Music $690.7K 1991
32% 44% The Handmaid's Tale Original Music $1.2M 1990
86% 88% The Last Emperor Amakasu (Character),
Original Music
$43.0M 1987
80% 74% The Adventures of Milo and Otis Original Music $8.9M 1986
86% 79% Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Capt. Yonoi (Character) - 1983