This film was released 29th June 2018, and is no longer screening.

Exclusively at IFI.

From his pioneering synth-pop music to winning an Oscar for his score to The Last Emperor in 1987; Ryuichi Sakamoto has become one of the most renowned composers of his generation. Made over a five-year period during which he was diagnosed and treated for throat cancer, Stephen Nomura Schible’s film is a gentle, contemplative portrait of an artist.

Notes by David O’Mahony