Director Neo Sora’s documentary captures a valedictory solo performance by the celebrated musician and film composer, his father, six months before his death from cancer. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy ...

Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto gave his final performance in Japan knowing he was about to pass away. Now, the iconic composer’s legacy is captured in documentary “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus,” ...

To capture the breadth and depth of the musical career of Japanese composer and recording artist Ryuichi Sakamoto seems impossible, but somehow “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus” almost accomplishes this ...

Composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away in March 2023 at the age of 71. Before he died, he worked with filmmaker Neo Sora on Opus, a solo piano performance film ...

Venice: For a swansong, Sakamoto played 20 of his greatest compositions — to no audience. Sakamoto died aged 71 in March 2023 of a cancer that made touring and performing impossible during his final ...

Late Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was celebrated at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with the Out Of Competition premiere of concert film Opus. The moving black-and-white work ...

As he explains, it was no small task to chronicle what he knew could be his father’s last artistic gift to the world. But when speaking about the film, Sora maintains a studied objectivity that ...

From pop music to film scores, electronica to experimental, Ryuichi Sakamoto was one of the most prolific, accomplished and influential artists of the last 50 years. Yet his death in March 2023 only ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is a film of one of the late Japanese composer’s very last performances, directed by his son, Neo Sora. In writing those words, I’ve just given you more context than the film ...

Sakamoto's son Neo Sora directed a posthumous documentary on the Oscar winner, who died in March. Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto‘s final performance is captured in posthumous ...