Mr. Lawrence is a multilayered, brutal, at times erotic tale of culture clash, and one of Oshima’s greatest successes, anchored by Sakamoto's sublime and affective score. In English and Japanese ...

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 ...

For what might be his most beloved piece, the theme song to Nagisa Oshima’s 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (in which he also co-starred, alongside David Bowie) Sakamoto fused the ...

Sakamoto was diagnosed with oropharynx cancer in 2014. The musician, famed for scoring the soundtrack for the 1983 movie "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," in which he starred along with David Bowie ...

The estate of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer ... to his renowned scores for films like Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, and The Last Emperor. Ahead of Opus' August 9 release ...

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 ...

At Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the late composer’s sound installations commingle with restagings and responses ...

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