Cast: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Direction Stephen Nomura Schible

Cast Ryuichi Sakamoto

Synopsis Portrait of Ryuichi Sakamoto, from pop icon of Japan's technological aspirations to leading activist post-Fukushima, returning to music after cancer for major opus that may be his last.

Direction Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast John Lone · Peter O'Toole · Joan Chen · Ruocheng Ying

Synopsis The Last Emperor (1987) follows the life of Pu Yi, who becomes the last Emperor of China at the age of three. The film traces his journey from his sheltered childhood in the Forbidden City, through his abdication and life...

Direction Nagisa Ôshima

Cast David Bowie · Ryuichi Sakamoto · Takeshi Kitano · Jack Thompson

Synopsis In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to...

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Christopher Walken · Willem Dafoe · Asia Argento · Yoshitaka Amano

Synopsis In the not-too-distant future, two New York businessmen plot to play two multinational rival corporations against each other, with a little help from a shady Italian street woman, to obtain an important Japanese businessman for the company they work at,...

Direction Stephen Nomura Schible

Cast Ryuichi Sakamoto

Synopsis Ryuichi Sakamoto: asynchronous on Park Avenue Armory was Ryuichi Sakamoto's first public performance to present his album "Async", considered in 2017 as one of the most interesting of that year by numerous publications including Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. The concert...

Direction Nam June Paik

Cast Dick Cavett · Philip Glass · Keith Haring · Arata Isozaki

Synopsis Challenging Rudyard Kipling's quote "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", the film links together cultural and musical events taking place simultaneously in Tokyo, Seoul, and New York into a single live show.

Direction Elizabeth Lennard

Cast Ryuichi Sakamoto · David Bowie · Takeshi Kitano · Tom Conti

Synopsis Documentary directed by French photographer Elizabeth Lennard featuring the Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording sessions of his 1984 album "Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia". Blending studio and street footage with direct addresses from Sakamoto, Tokyo Melody serves as a brief...