A documentary about noted Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who won an Oscar and Golden Globe for his music for “The Last Emperor” in 1987, will screen out of competition at this year’s Venice Film ...

The Oscar-winning Japanese composer, synth-pop pioneer and electronica experimentalist reflects on his work and influences in the intimate portrait, 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda.' By David Rooney Chief ...

In the opening moments of Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, we see the famed Japanese musician fiddling with a broken piano that barely survived the 2011 tsunami in Japan. After pressing the keys, he remarks ...

Director Stephen Nomura Schible’s understated and moving Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda does a fine job of presenting a legendary composer’s career as a revelatory journey. Sakamoto gained worldwide fame in ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto is standing next to a melting Arctic glacier, tapping finger cymbals together. His face is transformed; the wrinkles of old age become a child’s laugh lines as he absorbs the majesty ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, a trailblazing composer and producer who was one of the first musicians to incorporate electronic production into popular songcraft, has died at the age of 71. Sakamoto died on March ...