Ryuichi Sakamoto Movies

  • 1986
    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

    01986HD

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

    Bye Bye Kipling
  • 2003
    Life Is Journey

    Life Is Journey

    Life Is Journey

    02003HD

    LIFE IS JOURNEY is an anthology of four stories about people who live in solitude, but who yearn for togetherness. Each day brings chance meetings...

    Life Is Journey
  • 2020
    Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated

    Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated

    Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated

    62020HD

    100 minutes of healing music from Ryuichi Sakamoto and shamisen prodigy Hidejiro Honjoh.

    Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
  • 1987
    Brand New Day

    Brand New Day

    Brand New Day

    61987HD

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

    Brand New Day
  • 1993
    Rabbit Ears - Peachboy

    Rabbit Ears - Peachboy

    Rabbit Ears - Peachboy

    31993HD

    In ancient Japan, a peasant couple discovers a little boy inside a giant peach. Momotaro, the Peachboy, grows up to become a courageous hero who...

    Rabbit Ears - Peachboy
  • 1986
    Adelic Penguins

    Adelic Penguins

    Adelic Penguins

    01986HD

    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,...

    Adelic Penguins
  • 2013
    Psychedelic Afternoon

    Psychedelic Afternoon

    Psychedelic Afternoon

    02013HD

    Seiji is tormented by horrible tsunami-flashback dreams, but one night he wakes up and his beloved grandfather has appeared. With a strum of his...

    Psychedelic Afternoon
  • 2017
    A Gentle Glow

    A Gentle Glow

    A Gentle Glow

    82017HD

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

    A Gentle Glow
  • 1985
    Steel Cathedrals

    Steel Cathedrals

    Steel Cathedrals

    01985HD

    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...

    Steel Cathedrals
  • 2011
    Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’

    Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’

    Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’

    02011HD

    (Dharma) is a documentary that breaks away from the existing narrow perspective that only illuminates the value of the Tripitaka Koreana as cultural...

    Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’
  • 2016
    Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House

    Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House

    Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House

    72016HD

    Music live performance of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto at the Glass House.

    Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
  • 2017
    Fullmoon

    Fullmoon

    Fullmoon

    82017HD

    A compilation of intertwined snippets featuring various characters of diverse backgrounds from different parts of the world. Each of whom are...

    Fullmoon
  • 1991
    Marisa Monte: Mais

    Marisa Monte: Mais

    Marisa Monte: Mais

    101991HD

    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.

    Marisa Monte: Mais
  • 1993
    YMO – Live At Budokan 1980

    YMO – Live At Budokan 1980

    YMO – Live At Budokan 1980

    01993HD

    Yellow Magic Orchestra perform at Nippon Budokan on December 27, Tokyo 1980

    YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
  • 2001
    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

    02001HD

    Kenji Nakagami, one of the most notable Japanese writers of the post-war, died in 1992. His work reveals a strong connection to his homeland, Kishu:...

    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
  • 1988
    SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO

    SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO

    SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO

    01988HD

    SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
  • 2024
    TIME

    TIME

    TIME

    02024HD

    TIME
  • 2017
    Haiku On A Plum Tree

    Haiku On A Plum Tree

    Haiku On A Plum Tree

    72017HD

    Tokyo 1943: Italian anthropologist Fosco Maraini and painter Topazia Alliata refused to sign allegiance to Mussolini's government. They were sent to...

    Haiku On A Plum Tree
  • 2000
    Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version

    Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version

    Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version

    02000HD

    A concert, called Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour, was organized in 1996. The setlist of this concert is different than the original album. This...

    Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
  • 1985
    A Human Tube

    A Human Tube

    A Human Tube

    01985HD

    Analog video art by Paul Garrin with Ryuichi Sakamoto

    A Human Tube