Please accept my deepest, saddest and most heartfelt condolence over the passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto, with whom I had the honor of briefly speaking at a Golden Globes party eight or nine years ago.
Sakamoto’s musical compositions for Merry Christmas, Mr, Lawrence, The Revenant, The Last Emperor, High Heels, Little Buddha, Love Is the Devil and Babel are now and forever truly wonderful.
Sakamoto played the sexually conflicted Captain Yonoi in Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (’83), as well as a supporting role in The Last Emperor (’87).