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.
Score
Sakamoto himself—every note carries his entire life.
Sound
Recording glaciers melting: music as climate elegy.
Cinematography
Stunning visual poetry matching his sonic landscapes.
Director
Stephen Nomura Schible
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Self
Leonardo DiCaprio
Hugh Glass (archive footage)
David Bowie
Jack Celliers (archive footage)
John Malkovich
Port (archive footage)
Debra Winger
Kit (archive footage)
Donatas Banionis
Kris Kelvin (archive footage)
Natalya Bondarchuk
Hari (archive footage)
Haruomi Hosono
Self
Yukihiro Takahashi
Self
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sakamoto's 'async' album was composed post-diagnosis as a deliberate goodbye, yet he survived to perform it.
His anti-nuclear stance shattered Japan's cultural silence around Fukushima—celebrity activism with actual consequences.
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