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Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Jan 17, 1952 – Mar 28, 2023142 titles 132 movies · 10 TV
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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.

Also known as

Ryûichi Sakamoto · Ryūichi Sakamoto · 류이치 사카모토 · Yellow Magic Orchestra · YMO

Born

Jan 17, 1952 – Mar 28, 2023

Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

61

Acting credits

2

Directing

1

Writing

97

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1981 1 title(s)

1983 6 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1985 5 title(s)

1986 5 title(s)

1987 4 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 3 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 4 title(s)

1993 6 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1998 3 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2002 5 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 2 title(s)

2005 2 title(s)

2006 2 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2012 4 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 4 title(s)

2017 7 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2019 6 title(s)

2020 6 title(s)

2021 6 title(s)

2022 4 title(s)

2023 5 title(s)

2024 4 title(s)

2025 5 title(s)

2026 3 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)