Ryuichi Sakamoto Movies
- 2017

Haiku On A Plum Tree
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Tokyo 1943: Italian anthropologist Fosco Maraini and painter Topazia Alliata refused to sign allegiance to Mussolini's government. They were sent to...
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- 2020

Adult Baby
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Short film accompanying the 'Adult Baby' album by Kazu Makino. A giantess leaves the sea in order to live as a human and fall in love, but must...
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- 2002

Alexei and the Spring
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180 kilometers down wind of Chernobyl, the village of Budische was evacuated except for 55 older residents who refused to leave and one young man,...
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- 1985

Steel Cathedrals
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20 minute music documentary shot in two days of November 1984 in, and around the outskirts of, Tokyo, Japan. A large part of the music was completed...
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- 1986

Adelic Penguins
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Originally commissioned by the Sony Corporation of Japan and performed live on the JumboTRON, a fourteen-story TV set at the Expo in Tsukuba, Japan,...
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- 1984

A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
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Starring Yellow Magic Orchestra and David Brooks Palmer, YMO Propaganda is 1984 Musical film directed by Shin Saito. Originally premiered...
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- 2017

A Gentle Glow
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The camera floats quietly to capture the beauty that emerges from the mundane. Accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto's composition, Arseny Tarkovsky's poem...
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- 1983

Where the Toys Come From
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Two curious toys, Peepers and Zoom, wonder about how they become toys. Aided by Robin, their equally curious owner, Zoom and Peepers visit a toy...
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- 1987

Brand New Day
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Japan, 1986. At the tail end of the world tour promoting their latest album Revenge, Eurythmics tops the charts. Between concerts, pop duo Annie...
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- 1991

Marisa Monte: Mais
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The documentary follows the genesis of Marisa Monte's album Mais in New York City and the subsequent tour that supported the album from 1991 to 1992.
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- 2002

Derrida
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Documentary about French philosopher (and author of deconstructionism) Jacques Derrida, who sparked fierce debate throughout American academia.
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- 1984

Preparations For A Journey
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Original music by David Sylvian. Performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Steve Jansen, Masami Tsuchiya.
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- 2003

The Blonds
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In 1977, when she was four years old, Albertina Carri's parents vanished without a trace, victims of Argentina's brutal military junta. In this fresh...
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- 1983

The Oshima Gang
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Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.
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- 1970

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
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A Music Special episode broadcasted by NHK. This documentary looks back at the great achievements and innovative works of Ryuichi Sakamoto's carreer,...
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- 2025

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
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- 1986

TV WAR
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Performed live on September 15th, 1985 on the SONY JumboTRON at Tsukuba Expo, Tukuba, Japan
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- 2015

700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
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- 2022

Piano Cinéma
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Jean-Michel Bernard's piano tribute concert to cinema.
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- 1986

Bye Bye Kipling
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This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and...
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