'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' Is Good but Lacks What Made the Original Great. While a solid heist movie, ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto did not shy away from speaking ... he cemented his reputation as a prominent composer by scoring the films “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” and “The Last Emperor.” ...

Enjoy.” The concert, which featured a Sakamoto solo on piano for 13 of the songs, included themes from “The Last Emperor” and “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,” in which he acted alongside ...

Sakamoto has won an Academy Award, BAFTA, Grammy, and two Golden Globe Awards, and has received three BAFTA nominations and four Golden Globe nominations. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) marked ...

The song samples late Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto's iconic "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence." The sextet performed the song live for the first time during the final show of its first world ...

Sakamoto had been diagnosed with cancer for a second time in 2021. His office said he died on Tuesday. He starred in the film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence with David Bowie in 1983. His film score ...

Released as a single to promote a tribute album to Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2022, Electric Youth's reimagining of the iconic Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence makes the perfect bedfellow for a mash-up of ...