Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Son on Directing His Father’s Final Concert Film, Opus – Warungku Terkini
Even throughout the final years of his cancer battle, Ryuichi Sakamoto was resolute in his will to keep creating. Hyper-aware of his own mortality, the Oscar-winning composer and titan of electronic music used his last albums to reckon with his legacy, the passage of time, and his relationship with the piano, which he had played since age three. As if expressing himself through the instrument was an involuntary muscle, he decided he wanted to perform for the world one last time. But since his condition left him too weak to play a whole set, Sakamoto had to present his final concert as a methodically compiled film.
Sakamoto called upon his son, Neo Sora, a budding filmmaker who’s based between Tokyo and New York, to direct the project, titled Opus. In conversation, the 32-year-old director curiously refers to his father as “Sakamoto” and avoids referencing their personal relationship. But it’s clear that their closeness has allowed Sora unique access and familiarity to capture the musician in his most vulnerable state, just six months before his death at age 71 in March 2023. Opus was filmed across eight days last September at 509 Studio at Tokyo’s NHK Broadcast Center, where Sakamoto hosted a radio show in the ’80s. Due to his worsening health, he could only play an average of three songs per day, with one to five takes each.
Opus is an intimate portrait of an artist who spent a lifetime trying to break new musical ground. Across 102 meditative minutes, the black-and-white film carefully studies Sakamoto’s graceful fingers, furrowed eyebrows, and rounding lips as he plays 20 songs from throughout his life. The journey encompasses a slowed-down version of “Tong Poo,” the first of Sakamoto’s songs to be recorded by Yellow Magic Orchestra; key moments from his iconic film scores, like Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence; and selections from his somber final album, 12. The film begins solemnly, Sakamoto’s fingers trembling across the keys, but by its mid-point, he is playing his classical epics with determination, seemingly unaffected by the physical pain he feels.
Inspired by his father’s fascination with time, Sora conceptualized the film to take its course throughout an entire day, which he expressed through lighting choices. Ahead of Opus’ recent U.S. premiere at New York Film Festival, Sora sat down with warungku to discuss Sakamoto’s energy while filming, capturing his “mistakes,” and his complicated relationship with the piano.
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