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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries

2025 · 96 min Documentary Music
8.0 / 10 · TMDB

Ryuichi Sakamoto opens the door to his studio. The camera captures not concert performances, but quiet moments: fingers testing a chord on a detuned piano, a gaze fixed on the forest outside his New York apartment window. This is a chronicle of the composer's final years, filmed by himself on an iPhone. We see him working on the score for "The Leftovers," recording the album "12," battling illness. The film is not a biography but a stream of consciousness: reflections on the nature of sound, time, and the beauty of decay. There is no voiceover or interviews—only raw, intimate footage that paints a portrait of an artist in dialogue with silence and finitude.

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Year 2025
Country Japan
Genre Documentary, Music
Director Kensho Omori
Runtime 96 min.
Rating TMDB: 8.0/10 (1 votes)

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Director Stephen Nomura Schible's approach is one of minimal intervention, allowing Sakamoto's own archive to speak for itself. The editing follows not chronology, but the internal logic of music and mood.

Anyone ready for a film that operates more like a piece of music than a linear narrative will find a profound, quiet space here. What lingers after is the sense of having witnessed a private communion with creativity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Kensho Omori

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In a silent studio, just after the last note has faded into the air.

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