Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Nov 4, 2017

1h 40m

★ 7.4

A portrait of genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Overview

Oscar winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto weaves man-made and natural sounds together in his works. His anti-nuclear activism grew after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and his career only paused after a 2014 cancer diagnosis.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Borderland Media

Cineric Creative

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Trailers

Cast

Self

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Hugh Glass (archive footage)

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jack Celliers (archive footage)

David Bowie

Port (archive footage)

John Malkovich

Kit (archive footage)

Debra Winger

Kris Kelvin (archive footage)

Donatas Banionis

Hari (archive footage)

Natalya Bondarchuk

Self

Haruomi Hosono

Self

Yukihiro Takahashi

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