A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is
the swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians. As a parting gift, in
late 2022 Ryuichi Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave us with one
final performance: a concert film featuring just him and his piano. Curated and
sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty pieces of his played in the film
wordlessly tell the story of his life and his wide-ranging oeuvre. The selection
spans his entire career, from his pop-star period with Yellow Magic Orchestra
and his magnificent scores for filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci to his meditative
final album, 12. Intimately filmed in a space he knew well and surrounded by his
most trusted collaborators—including director Neo Sora, his son—Sakamoto
bares his soul through his exquisitely haunting melodies, knowing this was the
last time he would be able to present his art.
