Sakamoto’s life was marked by dedicated efforts ... as a prominent composer by scoring the films “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” and “The Last Emperor.” The news about his premature ...

The immersive multisensory exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo gets to the heart of Sakamoto’s visionary work ...

Sakamoto has won an Academy Award, BAFTA, Grammy, and two Golden Globe Awards, and has received three BAFTA nominations and four Golden Globe nominations. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) marked ...

The estate of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer ... to his renowned scores for films like Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, and The Last Emperor. Ahead of Opus' August 9 release ...

Released as a single to promote a tribute album to Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2022, Electric Youth's reimagining of the iconic Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence makes the perfect bedfellow for a mash-up of ...

Of course, he is no longer with us: Sakamoto died in March last year. The award-winning composer, perhaps best known for film scores including The Last Emperor and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ...

Born in 1952 in Tokyo, Sakamoto started the Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) band in 1978 and co-starred in the 1983 film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,” scoring it as well. In 1988 ...

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