Ryuichi Sakamoto: movies and TV shows
Ryuichi Sakamoto has 164 credits in the archive: 152 films and 12 TV series, from 1981 to 2026. Highest rated: Apausalypse (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1981 – 2026 · busiest year: 1983 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Zi | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2026 | A Flower of Forgetfulness | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2025 | Sons of the Neon Night | Film | 5.3 | 73 | |
| 2025 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2025 | Frammenti | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2025 | Flames of a Flower | Film | 8.0 | 73 | |
| 2025 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014 | Self | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2024 | Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days | Film | 10.0 | 72 | |
| 2024 | Kraftwerk - Fuji Rock Festival 2024 | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2024 | Black Ox | Film | 7.5 | 72 | |
| 2024 | Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2023 | Monster | Film | 7.9 | 71 | |
| 2023 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Self | Film | 7.7 | 71 |
| 2023 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Film | 7.7 | 71 | |
| 2023 | SUGA: Road to D-DAY | Self | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV | Film | 6.8 | 71 | |
| 2023 | Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen | Film | 7.9 | 71 | |
| 2022 | exception | TV | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2022 | exception | TV | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2022 | exception | TV | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2022 | After Yang | Film | 6.4 | 70 | |
| 2022 | Piano Cinéma | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2022 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 2022 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 | Film | 10.0 | 70 | |
| 2021 | Apausalypse | Film | 9.0 | 69 | |
| 2021 | NHK MUSIC SPECIAL | TV | — | 69 | |
| 2021 | Beckett | Film | 6.2 | 69 | |
| 2021 | Love After Love | Film | 5.6 | 69 | |
| 2021 | Brilliant Trees Sessions | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2021 | Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund | Film | 8.0 | 69 | |
| 2020 | Minamata | Film | 6.9 | 68 | |
| 2020 | Adult Baby | Film | 8.5 | 68 | |
| 2020 | Incomplete | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2020 | Incomplete | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2020 | Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated | Film | 6.0 | 68 | |
| 2020 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2020 | OKINA: Dance of Life | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2019 | Proxima | Film | 6.2 | 67 | |
| 2019 | My Tyrano: Together, Forever | Film | 6.2 | 67 | |
| 2019 | The Staggering Girl | Film | 5.7 | 67 | |
| 2019 | Agniyogana | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2019 | Paradise Next | Film | 6.0 | 67 | |
| 2019 | No Smoking | Self | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2018 | Your Face | Film | 6.8 | 66 | |
| 2018 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory | Self | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2018 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory | Film | 7.2 | 66 | |
| 2017 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA | Self | Film | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2017 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA | Film | 7.4 | 65 | |
| 2017 | The Fortress | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 2017 | Fullmoon | Film | 8.0 | 65 | |
| 2017 | async - first light | Film | 6.0 | 65 | |
| 2017 | Star Sand | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2017 | A Gentle Glow | Film | 8.0 | 65 | |
| 2017 | Haiku On A Plum Tree | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2016 | Thirteen Talks | TV | 8.8 | 64 | |
| 2016 | The Ferryman | Film | 7.5 | 64 | |
| 2016 | Rage | Film | 6.9 | 64 | |
| 2016 | Rage | Film | 6.9 | 64 | |
| 2016 | Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House | Self | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2016 | Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Film | 7.5 | 63 | |
| 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Film | 6.8 | 63 | |
| 2015 | 700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2014 | Nuclear Nation II | Film | 8.2 | 62 | |
| 2013 | Yae's Sakura | TV | 7.9 | 61 | |
| 2013 | Psychedelic Afternoon | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2012 | I Have to Buy New Shoes | Film | 6.2 | 60 | |
| 2012 | I Have to Buy New Shoes | Film | 6.2 | 60 | |
| 2012 | Nuclear Nation | Film | 6.5 | 60 | |
| 2012 | Future Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse) | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2012 | Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | TV | 8.3 | 59 | |
| 2011 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Film | 7.2 | 59 | |
| 2011 | Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’ | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2011 | Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2010 | Dhobi Ghat | Film | 6.3 | 58 | |
| 2010 | Burning Ice | Self | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2009 | Women Without Men | Film | 6.3 | 57 | |
| 2009 | POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra | himself | Film | — | 57 |
| 2009 | Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2008 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_ | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2008 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_ | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2007 | 100年インタビュー | ゲスト | TV | — | 55 |
| 2007 | Silk | Film | 5.8 | 55 | |
| 2006 | Babel | Film | 7.2 | 54 | |
| 2006 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 2006 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2005 | Shining Boy and Little Randy | Film | 5.3 | 53 | |
| 2005 | Zarin | Film | 2.0 | 53 | |
| 2004 | Appleseed | Film | 6.7 | 52 | |
| 2004 | Tony Takitani | Film | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 2003 | The Blonds | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 2003 | Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream | Self | Film | 8.7 | 51 |
| 2003 | Life Is Journey | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2003 | VisualYMO:the Best | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Film | 6.2 | 50 | |
| 2002 | Derrida | Film | 6.7 | 50 | |
| 2002 | My Daughter | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2002 | Alexei and the Spring | Film | 6.7 | 50 | |
| 2002 | Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2001 | To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 2000 | Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2000 | Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1999 | Taboo | Film | 6.6 | 47 | |
| 1999 | New Rose Hotel | Hosaka Executive | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1999 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | Director (segment "Rain") | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1999 | Complete Hurrah | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes | Film | 6.2 | 46 | |
| 1998 | Jounetsu Tairiku | TV | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1998 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | Film | 6.0 | 46 | |
| 1996 | Wild Side | Film | 5.7 | 44 | |
| 1993 | Today's Close-Up | TV | — | 41 | |
| 1993 | Wild Palms | TV | 6.2 | 41 | |
| 1993 | Little Buddha | Film | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1993 | TV-YMO | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1993 | YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 | self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1992 | Tokyo Decadence | Film | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1992 | Wuthering Heights | Film | 6.6 | 40 | |
| 1992 | YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1992 | Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1991 | High Heels | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1991 | Peachboy | Film | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1991 | Marisa Monte: Mais | Self | Film | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Film | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 1990 | Infinite Escher | Film | 5.0 | 38 | |
| 1990 | The Sheltering Sky | Film | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1989 | NHK Special | Self | TV | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1988 | SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Amakasu | Film | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Film | 7.6 | 35 | |
| 1987 | Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise | Film | 6.9 | 35 | |
| 1987 | Brand New Day | Self | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1987 | NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～ | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1986 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1986 | Adelic Penguins | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1986 | Adelic Penguins | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1986 | TV WAR | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1986 | TV WAR | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1986 | Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1986 | Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1986 | Bye Bye Kipling | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1985 | On the Beach | Film | 6.0 | 33 | |
| 1985 | All Star Video | Self | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1985 | All Star Video | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1985 | All Star Video | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1985 | Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto | Self | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1985 | Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto | Film | 7.2 | 33 | |
| 1985 | A Human Tube | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1985 | Steel Cathedrals | Self - Piano/strings | Film | — | 33 |
| 1984 | A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda | Self | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1984 | Preparations For A Journey | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Yonoi | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Film | 7.3 | 31 | |
| 1983 | YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan | Self - Keyboards | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1983 | YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan | Film | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1983 | YMO: Winter Live '81 | Self | Film | — | 31 |
| 1983 | YMO: Winter Live '81 | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1983 | Where the Toys Come From | Film | 5.8 | 31 | |
| 1983 | It's All Right, My Friend | Film | 6.3 | 31 | |
| 1983 | The Oshima Gang | Self | Film | — | 31 |
| 1981 | Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 | Self | Film | — | 29 |
| Technodon in Tokyo Dome | Film | — | — | ||
| Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | — |