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Japan Cuts / Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto : Exclusive Interview with Director Elizabeth Lennard
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Japan Cuts / Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto : Exclusive Interview with Director Elizabeth Lennard

Synopsis : Filmmaker and photographer Elizabeth Lennard secures unprecedented access to Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording of his 1984 album Ongaku Zukan in this brief-yet-insightful Franco-Japanese television co-production. A sampling of studio sessions and performances (including a piano duet with then-wife Akiko Yano), archival footage and talking head interviews, Tokyo Melody finds the eccentric artist at…

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The Pioneering Japanese Musician and Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Has Passed Away at 71
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The Pioneering Japanese Musician and Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Has Passed Away at 71

@Photo by Kazunali Tajima – © 2014 Kab America Inc. Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away on March 28 at the age of 71. He was born in Tokyo. The funeral was held only with his close relatives. He passed away at a hospital in Tokyo, according to a report in the Sport Nippon newspaper. Sakamoto’s…

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Yellow Magic Orchestra aka YMO’s Yukihiro Takahashi Died At 70
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Yellow Magic Orchestra aka YMO’s Yukihiro Takahashi Died At 70

A renowned Japanese musician Yukihiro Takahashi, a drummer and vocalist representing Japan and a member of the legendary band “Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO)” that caused a techno boom in the 1980s, has passed away, he was 70. He has been suffering from intermittent headaches since the early summer of 2020, and an MRI examination in August…

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