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“Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale” is being released in China. Director Stephen produced the documentary about Ryuichi Sakamoto for five years from 2012 to 2017. p>
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35,000 people have watched Douban and scored 8.8. p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi, nicknamed “Professor”, a world-class musician and a soundtrack master, is a common idol for young Asians. p>
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SakaThis young band YMO, which became popular in Europe, America and Japan, had a pioneering influence on later electronic music and hip-hop. At the age of 35, he won the best original soundtrack for Oscar for “The Last Emperor”. After settling in New York at the age of 38, he often created works with environmental protection and anti-war themes. p>
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The fans love him for a long time, not limited to music, but regard him as a cultural icon and a spiritual leader. strong> p>
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An Interview with Stephen Director p>
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In another week, it will be Sakamoto’s 68th birthday. p>
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On the occasion of the release of “Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale”, we interviewed the director Stephen who came to Beijing. “I hope this film will let everyone feel how Sakamoto Ryuichi heard this world.” p>
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Idols of young Asians p>
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In September 2017, at the Venice Film Festival, the world premiere of the documentary “Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale”, the audience stood up and applauded for a long time. p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi was a little shy in the front row, and he said to the documentary director around him a little awkwardly: Stephen, let’s leave here. p>
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“Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale” records the musician, in JapanAfter the island nuclear leak and personal experience of throat cancer, how to use art to respond to the disaster and restart the creation of music. p>
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In December 2019, the movie is finally released in China. Music fans, movie fans and other fans went to worship. p>
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Rakaichi Sakamoto is fascinated by the local natural sound in Greenland p>
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“Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale” screenshot p>
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“The Final Song” started shooting in 2012 and completed in 2017. p>
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At first, director Stephen wanted to make a concert movie. However, in 2014, Sakamoto Ryuichi was diagnosed with cancer, and the direction of the documentary was changed to a biographical documentary. Known life experience. p>
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YMO’s army period p>
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From classical music, he has become an innovator of Japanese contemporary music p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi was born in Tokyo in 1952. He began to learn piano at the age of three. When he was young, he felt that he was Debussy’s reincarnation. p>
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But Sakamoto Ryuichi never intended to become a musician, because he didn’t want to be restricted by any fixed occupation. He wrote “No Volunteer” when he filled out the volunteers, until Hosano Haruichi pushed him. p>
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In 1978, Hosono Haruyuki invited Sakamoto Ryuichi and Takahashi Yukihiro to form a band together, which was later well-known YMO / span>. Sakamoto had just graduated from the composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts at that time, and Takahashi Kohiro joked about him. He has a high degree among those who engage in music and asked if he would become a professor in the future. The nickname “Professor” came from this. p>
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YMO band, from left: Haruno Hoson, Sakamoto Ryuichi, Takahashi Yukihiro p>
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YMO album cover p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi was surprised that Hosano and Takahashi had not received orthodox music education, but mastered the core of music. Unlike Sakamoto, who is trained in systematic classical music and loves experimental modern music, Hosano and Takahashi have jazz and pop elements in their music sources. p>
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YMO’s music became popular in Japan after it became popular in Europe and America. YMO’s avant-garde, high-tech electronic music can be heard everywhere on the streets of Tokyo in the early 1980s. It has a groundbreaking effect on later electronic music and hip-hop. p>
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Sakamoto said, “Before joining YMO, I was just a half bottle of vinegar. After experiencing disputes and entanglements in the band, I grew up little by little.” p>
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In 1983, YMO disbanded at the peak and became a legend; Sakamoto Ryoku flew solo and began to shine in the field of film soundtracks. p>
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“Merry Christmas on the battlefield” p>
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Master of Music Score p>
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In 1982, film director Oshima Aya invited Sakamoto to star in “Happy Christmas on the Battlefield” as a Japanese officer. p>
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Sakamoto is a fan of Oshima Aya, who has seen almost all his movies, but the young Aojia added a requirement: please give me the soundtrack. Oshima Yu said. p>
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At that time, Japanese movies were usually hurriedly matched with music a week before it was released, but Sakamoto asked Oshima Aya for three months, and Oshima Aya agreed again without giving him 100% creative freedom. As a result, the theme song “Merry Christmas, Lawrence” has even more influence than the movie itself. p>
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“Merry Christmas on the battlefield” p>
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Regarding the creation of this Divine Comedy, Sakamoto Ryuichi explained it this way: “Because it is Christmas, I want to use ringtones. The movie story takes place in the small islands in the South Pacific. I cannot use European ringtones, so I thought of using Bali The sound of the island Kammelan. “ P>
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As a result, Sakamoto began his career as a film score with a number of international directors. p>
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Rakaichi Sakamoto and Chen Chong, when shooting “The Last Emperor” p>
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In 1986, Betolucci’s “The Last Emperor” was filmed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, inviting Sakamoto Ryuichi to play Japanese officer Masao Masahiko. After the shooting, he was urgently appointed to compose the film. p>
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Two weeks later, Sakamoto turned in 44 songs. p>
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The princess Wenxiu left Pu Yi’s home in the rain, dropped an umbrella and left. He wrote “Rain” for Wenxiu. The first time I heard it from Italian staff, everyone hugged each other and shouted, “bellissimo, bellissimo (Too beautiful) span>“. p>
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“The Last Emperor” also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Soundtrack p>
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In fact, Sakamoto has not studied Chinese music. He received more than 20 Chinese music collections immediately after receiving the task. He spent a day listening to all of them and rushed out 44 songs in 2 weeks. After completion, he was tired and hospitalized. p>
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He said that the soundtrack for movies is because these film creators attracted him, “I seem to have inherited my father’s character, it is easy to be attracted by people or things, and I am fascinated.” p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi’s Private Studio in New York p>
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In 2014, during the critical period of his cancer treatment, Sakamoto accepted the soundtrack invitation of the movie “Hunter in the Wild” despite the opposition of his family, because there was no way to say no to director Alessandro. p>
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In 2017, Taiwanese director Cai Mingliang sent him a new film “Your Face” for him to see, and he wrote back that he wanted to make this movieSoundtrack. A month later, Sakamoto Ryu sent a piece of music to Cai Mingliang with a text message: You can use it as much as you want. p>
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The music fits into the movie and fits well. Later, it won the best original soundtrack of the Taipei Film Festival. p>
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“Everything is music” p>
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In the documentary “Final Song”, Sakamoto Ryuichi is collecting and recording sound anytime, anywhere: p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi wearing a blue T, with a blue plastic bucket on his head, standing in the rain and feeling the sound of rain. p>
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Dive into the forest and collect footsteps on dead leaves. p>
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Go to Africa to record the songs of primitive tribes in the lakes of KenyaTo capture natural sound. p>
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In his youth, under the influence of modern musicians such as John Cage (John Cage) span>, Sakamoto thinks that everything is music. When he was traveling to Bali in the 1980s, he saw the locals tying a pigeon whistle on the feet of the pigeons. When it was released, the pigeon whistle made a distant sound, mixed with the wind and the sound of the forest. . p>
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So when he was the director of the 2014 Sapporo Art Festival, he designed the opening ceremony not to play music, but to let a group of pigeons with pigeon whistle fly. p>
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Rain on the roof of Sakamoto Ryuichi recorded p>
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Rakaichi Sakamoto is not only interested in the music itself, but also the soundscape of the entire environment. p>
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“Every time it rains, I open the window and put the recorder out.” He would tap what he saw anywhere and understand their sounds. In Barcelona, a patrol car rang with a whistle, and he quickly pulled out his cell phone to record, happy to not miss the sound. p>
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After the Japanese tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear leak in 2011, Sakamoto Ryuichi found a piano that was devoured by the tsunami. The piano was completely gone, but he was fascinated by the sound. Let the piano return to its natural state. After natural tuning, I thinkEspecially beautiful. “ P>
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He put the sound of this piano on his new album “Asynchronous”. p>
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“Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale” screenshot p>
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The shooting of the documentary “Final Song” happened to be the stage of the creation of Sakamoto’s new album “Asynchronous”. He liked the album so much that he even thought of hiding it and not listening to others. p>
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The music on this album is very different from the past: p>
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There is almost no melody, but the sound of footsteps stepping on fallen leaves, the sound of a piano damaged by a tsunami, the wailing sound of a nuclear pollution instrument, the traditional Japanese shamisen, and so on. p>
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This is the music that Ryuichi Sakamoto felt more vulnerable to after the Fukushima accident and cancer. p>
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2017 NHK Interview with Ryuichi Sakamoto p>
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When “Asynchronous” was released in 2017, he was interviewed on NHK TV station, and wanted to burn it to the end. Sakamoto thought for a while and answered, “There is indeed a strong idea that is not right Lie, want to make real music, live truly, and don’t forget to watch the moon every day. “ Strong> p>
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Although becoming a music icon in Europe, America, and Japan as early as the 1980s, Sakamoto Ryuichi never stopped exploring the boundaries of music. Jumping back and forth between modern music, classical music, pop music, electronic music, folk music, etc., and also in various parts of the earth, the Arctic, African, and Nanyang islands draw sound inspiration and are increasingly unrestricted. p>
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“I always feel that no matter what we say, the people above can’t hear it. Eventually it returns to silence, and the Japanese have been silent for more than 40 years.” p>
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In the documentary “Final Song”, Sakamoto Ryuichi participated in a large-scale rally against the restart of the nuclear power plant. He said, “Whether it is a nuclear power plant accident, or the political and social situation in Japan after the disaster, all of them are deteriorating … if you do n’t put your own Speaking of ideas, I feel very depressed. I can’t turn a blind eye. P>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi has always had his own distinct political stance and is an active promoter of social activities. p>
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Rakuichi Sakamoto in college p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi’s father is an editor of the publishing house and his mother is a hat designer. In the 1970s, leftist thought was very popular in Japan. Sakamoto Ryuichi, who was born in a leisure class, was a left-winged young man from high school and actively participated in the left-wing movement. p>
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“ImitatingThe spirit of the country, we must also use music to serve the workers and peasants! “” To liberate music manipulated by capitalism together. “Is opposed to the uniform of the school and the uniform examination system. In their strike campaign in high school, school uniforms, school caps and examinations were really cancelled. P>
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Although Sakamoto Ryuichi still took the university entrance examination in the end, he thought he entered the Tokyo University of the Arts with the idea of ”breaking down the university system.” p>
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Ryuichi Sakamoto in high school p>
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In 1969, he delivered a passionate speech in front of the Shinjuku High School building p>
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In his autobiography “Music is Freedom”, Sakamoto recalled himself who was actively participating in the sport. “At the time, there was a rumor that Sakamoto was playing Debussy with a helmet on the blocked Shinjuku High School campus. Music. But I do n’t remember these things anymore. If I did, I would definitely be in the limelight. P>
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If you say that the active movement in your youth brought a “Secondary” flavor, after moving to New York at the age of 38, he felt more and more deeply about the faults that exist in the world. p>
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Taking a personal recording studio in Nanqingshan p>
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In 1997, he wrote “Discord” (meaning irreconcilable, disputed) span> because he saw that the television was reporting News of the Rwandan civil war refugees, that night, dreaming that he wanted to write an orchestral piece about the incident, he immediately got up, rushed to the working room in the basement, and quickly wrote. p>
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“I was in a mood to be silent at the time. For me, this should be a great turnaround.” p>
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Head of the atomic bomber Oppenheimer in “LIFE” p>
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In 1999, at the turn of the century, Sakamoto Ryuichi wrote an opera “LIFE” (Life) span>, which contains many environmental issues Information on social issues, such as the head of Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear weapon atomic bomb, projected on a huge screen. Sakamoto expects that after the war and disaster of the 20th century, hundreds of millions of people will die as a result. In the new century, human beings will become more wiser. p>
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Rakaichi Sakamoto was filmed in the September 11 event p>
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But in the first year of the 21st century, he witnessed 9/11 in New York and his life was in panic. Many people worry that terrorists will use nuclear weapons to launch a second wave of attacks. For this reason, Ryuichi Sakamoto bought an off-road vehicle with a month’s worth of water and food. , Also gave an ex-wife. p>
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In December, he and his friends such as Murakami published a review book “Anti-War”. p>
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“Chasm” album cover p>
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In the 21st century, his first album was “Chasm” (meaning cracks, faults) span>, the album was released in 2004, The previous year, US forces attacked Iraq. The album is full of anger-driven mood. For example, the first song is rap, which was performed by Korean rapper MC Sniper. The lyrics read: “Moving old people who moan because of hunger. I … “ p>
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“Although the general public has taken to the streets around the world and questioned the motive of the US military’s offensive, the media or professionals have not said anything about it. I really ca n’t stand it and feel sad every day. Think of what a joke this is. “ P>
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Greenland Tour 2008 p>
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Sakamoto put a tape recorder into the glacier, “I’m fishing for sound” p>
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Sakamoto Ron ’s thoughts on man-made disasters and environmental issues, during his trip to Greenland in 2008, got some kind of answer. p>
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It was an art project at the time, inviting artists to Greenland to see the consequences of global warming intuitively. Seeing a surprising number of seawater and icebergs, Sakamoto was shocked. p>
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“When the burden that humans place on nature exceeds what is allowed by nature, it is human beings that are harmed, and nature will not feel any trouble. During that time in the world of icebergs and seawater, I kept feeling how humans Trivial. “ P>
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The trip to Greenland has also profoundly changed the album “Out of Noise” he is writing, (2009) span>, using the Arctic ice and snow melting sound, The sound of running water, he let these original sounds line up directly, and new music is gradually taking shape. p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi and Tohoku Youth Orchestra p>
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The 2011 Japanese earthquake and nuclear spill had a profound impact on Ryuichi Sakamoto. He recruited children from the affected areas, formed a Northeast Youth Orchestra, and personally taught them to bring them into the music world. p>
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Until the interview in 2019, he still said, “The shock that the incident brought me is still there. What exactly is that shock and what should I do? I haven’t found the answer yet, and they also affect my creation. “. p>
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“Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale” also records his search for an answer. p>
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Here is a readme from documentary director Stephen. p>
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How was Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale created? p>
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After the Fukushima nuclear accident, I saw a different Sakamoto Ryichi
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Around 1990, Ryuichi Sakamoto and I moved from Tokyo to New York at about the same time. p>
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I was born in Tokyo in 1970. My mother is Japanese and my father is American. When I was a child, throughout Tokyo, I felt YMO’s music was everywhere. I have always been a fan of Sakamoto Ryuichi. p>
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In 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake in the East Pacific of Japan followed by a tsunami, and the radioactive material leaked from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Everything has changed in his hometown. p>
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In May 2012, I saw Ryuichi Sakamoto during an event in New York about the Fukushima nuclear disaster. I was a nuclear physicist at Kyoto University to give a lecture on nuclear pollution. Sakamoto Ryuichi in front of me, exactly what I rememberIt’s different. p>
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In the YMO period, Ryuichi Sakamoto made mechanical electronic music p>
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In my impression, he is the most handsome member of the YMO band. In the 1980s, Japan’s economy took off, technology developed rapidly, and people came out of the post-war shadows. Everyone has a dream yearning for the future. YMO’s music has a stylish mechanical sense. He is like a typical era, representing the power of technology. Coming hope and happiness. p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi now looks older, he is a little bit regretful, realizing that technology can also cause us a lot of trouble. p>
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Rakaichi Sakamoto at the site of the opposition to the restart of the nuclear power plant p>
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For the first time in this event, I learned that Sakamoto had his own position on environmental and nuclear issues. I also learned that he plans to host a music festival called “Nuclear” in Tokyo in July 2012. p>
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The mainstream Japanese media is uneasy about his position against nuclear pollution because he is too famous. p>
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These media do not follow up and remain silent. I am an independent filmmaker living in New York and I think I should record it. p>
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I really don’t know why Sakamoto Ryuichi agreed. He later told me that I had seen another music documentary about EgyptRick Clapton (Eric Clapton) span>, he likes it very much. p>
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And I guess he really wants someone to help him tell his story after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Maybe he thinks I can tell from an international perspective. p>
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Rakaichi Sakamoto plays for people in the disaster area p>
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What can we do after a disaster p>
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In the face of disaster, there is nothing we can do but try to find out what we can do. Sakamoto Ryuichi became an active musician, and I made a documentary for him. p>
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In a small town called Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, many people were killed in the tsunami, and it is a hardest hit area. In December 2012, Ryu Sakamoto went there to perform for the locals. p>
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The earthquake occurred in March 2011, one year and nine months later, but some people told us that when Sakamoto Ryuichi performed, they could finally fall asleep. p>
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The situation was very touching at the time, but he tried to calm himself down. In order to make people feel relaxed from the music, the performers should not be too emotional. p>
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After the Fukushima nuclear accident, the world we know seems to be coming to an end, as if it is coming to an end. p>
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I want to show how Ryuichi Sakamoto responded to disaster with art. p>
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The first scene of this movie is Sakamoto Ryuichi playing a piano damaged by the tsunami. p>
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This scene basically covers all the themes explored by this movie: A story about a person overcoming difficulties and starting to create new and wonderful music; he finally embraced life, but at the same time, he told all about The things that are falling apart have a very keen sense. strong> p>
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After cancer, he encouraged me to continue shooting p>
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During the filming, in 2014, he developed cancer. p>
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Soon after learning of his condition, he allowed me to interview him. I can’t bear to bother, but he said you should take pictures. This was the most painful part of the entire shooting. I interviewed him a lot because the cancer was in his throat and we were worried he would not be able to speak in the future. p>
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At that time, Mr. Ryuichi Sakamoto and his family did not want anyone other than me to come to their house to shoot. p>
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His son had just graduated from college and was a very talented filmmaker.When I was filming alone in their house, he helped me light and radio. I told him, why don’t you shoot it yourself? p>
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I soon discovered that the shot he took was very good, and there was a very gentle relationship in it. Later, when he heard the sound of his father playing the piano, like a fireman, he rushed to the camera with a camera. Many of the shots at home were taken by Mr. Sakamoto’s son. Later, Mr. Sakamoto’s body recovered. I will bring a small team, and his son will become a member of the team. p>
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I tried director Sakamoto Ryuichi, but it never worked. He was too smart, and as soon as he realized that I was making arrangements, he would ruin it. He believes that natural disclosure is the best, and you are honestly expressing it. p>
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It’s true. I always wanted to end the movie with the birth of new music, and things happened naturally. p>
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We have finished shooting that day, and we just want to take another shot of playing the piano from behind Sakamoto Ryu. He said, I will just play it. He started playing “Solari”, a new song he wrote, and he played it for the first time in front of others. p>
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That’s actually the moment I waited for 5 years. p>
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There were many memories during the shooting. The best thing was to stay in a small room with Sakamoto Ryu. He was in front of a piano.Composing. p>
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He spent the summer working on a new album, Asynchronous. We visit him every weekend and talk about his thoughts, his life, and best of all, sometimes he suddenly starts to play when he has inspiration. p>
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The music is so beautiful, and he is sitting there. p>
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“I want the audience to feel how Ryuichi Sakamoto heard this world” p>
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We are both called “Professor” Sakamoto Ryuichi. I want to incorporate his ideas into the production of documentaries. p>
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Sakamoto Ryuichi is a minimalist, he always says less is more. So there are many moments of silence in the movie, and sometimes silence is the most powerful. p>
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Ryuichi Sakamoto plays “Merry Christmas Lawrence” in “Tokyo Melody” p>
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There are many clips of this movie. It used to go back and forth, and the clips will jump from one place to another in the world, because I think this is one of the characteristics of Ryuichi Sakamoto. p>
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I used some Sakamoto Ryuichi documentary “Tokyo Melody” shot by French photographer Elizabeth in 1985. It was like a time capsule. At that time, he played “Merry Christmas Lawrence” faster, piano The tone is also tunedHigher, he speaks faster. The contrast between then and now is interesting and beautiful. p>
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In 1987, Ryaka Sakamoto released an album “Neo Geo” (New Geography) span>, which includes Balinese music, There is Okinawa from Japan, and there is music from Africa. For him, this is a whole flat world. The same is true in the movie. The last moment was in Africa, and the next scene came to Greenland. p>
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Rakaichi Sakamoto was in the disaster area after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Here you can hear the tweets of instruments for measuring radiation pollution in the movie.
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I slow down the overall tempo of the movie so that the sound can stay and be felt. This method is also related to my experience with Ryuichi Sakamoto going to the Fukushima nuclear contaminated area. p>
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It’s actually very calm there, there are birds, but there are no people, and I feel most terrible, I don’t feel any danger at all. The five senses of human beings cannot perceive nuclear pollution. They can only be detected by technology. It is colorless and tasteless. We humans create a danger that we cannot perceive. strong> p>
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I hope that through this movie, audiences will feel how Ryuichi Sakamoto heard this world. p>
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Sakamoto RyuFirst at the concert of the new album “Asynchronous” p>
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Long Yi believes that all sounds are musical—even ambient sounds. He collected various sounds and brought them into the album. For example, hanging a microphone on the wall of his home made his house look like a musical instrument. This idea inspired his latest work, and the way we edit. p>
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Broken piano sounds, wailing sounds from radiometers, the sound of melting Arctic ice, and Sakamoto’s beautiful melody—all of these are combined like phrases. We edit movies based on sound, hoping it’s like a long piece of music. p>
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At the end of the movie, he created wonderful new music, and then returned to life. The weather was very cold. He said that he would move his fingers to keep warm and continue to write. p>
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Source of some pictures: “Music is Freedom”, thanks to Chu Chen Culture for providing span> p>
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