"The time left in a person's life is decreasing every day, not lying to himself, wanting to make real music, living authentically."
"Also, don't forget to look at the moon every day."
At that time, Ryuichi Sakamoto was already aware of his physical condition and told everyone a moving exhortation.
He was a genius, a myth, a cultural icon, a hall-of-fame artist, and had been worshipped as a god by countless people, but now he found that he would fall ill and die.
Life is really a helpless thing.
In 2014, the 62-year-old Ryuichi Sakamoto suffered from throat cancer, and in the years since, he has been actively treating and his life is finally back on track, but unexpectedly, a few days ago, he was diagnosed with rectal cancer again.
Anyone who is on the brink of hope and is told that he is still in the abyss will be depressed, and so will Ryuichi Sakamoto, and the news of rectal cancer is fatal to him.
Fortunately, with the help of professional doctors, the professor has finished the operation, is receiving treatment, and continues to do the work at hand, and perhaps before long, life will be back on track.
The news of Ryuichi Sakamoto's cancer caused a huge discussion because his existence was so special that his life was so perfect that no one was willing to be jealous.
First of all, he was born like the protagonist of an idol drama.
Ryuichi Sakamoto was born in Nakano-ku, Tokyo, the son of a book editor who worked on Yukio Mishima's books, and his mother a designer.
Due to his superior family conditions, Ryuichi Sakamoto was influenced by art from an early age, and in the fifth grade of elementary school, he studied composition with professors from Tokyo University of the Arts.
Looking at the appearance value, some people say that there are only two kinds of people in the world, one is to love Sakamoto Ryuichi, and the other is not to know Sakamoto Ryuichi.
There may be some truth to it, when he was young, Ryuichi Sakamoto was handsome to be amazing.
A vague street photo, let countless people take it as an avatar, several screenshots at the concert, are handsome people screaming, even if the age goes up, people are slowly and gracefully aging.
Most importantly, these are just external things, and Ryuichi Sakamoto's talent has impressed countless people.
Debut is the top stream, it is really not virtual.
After graduating from university, Ryuichi Sakamoto was admitted to the Acoustic Research Department of Tokyo University of the Arts, and he said that he did not want to work because he did not want to work, and even if he graduated from graduate school, he would still work odd jobs in major recording studios in Tokyo.
But the good thing is that he met a wave of modern musicians, and at the recommendation of his predecessors, he met two other idlers, Yukihiro Takahashi and Haruto Hosono.
Several young people are engaged in music, and the other two people's band is also about to cross, three people in a total, simply set up a band of their own.
As a result, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who had never thought about the development of musicians in the past, became a member of the YMO band.
At that time, Ryuichi Sakamoto had an unruly personality, and when he was invited, he proudly said that "if you are not busy at work, you can try it."
Maybe even he didn't expect that the YMO band became a hit and became popular all over the world, and even Michael Jackson covered their "Behind The Mask".
Years later, Ryuichi Sakamoto performed abroad, and even some fans waded through the mountains and rushed over to see the idol.
Although YMO was disbanded four years after its founding, for Ryuichi Sakamoto, it changed his life:
"Before joining YMO, I was just half a bottle of vinegar, and after experiencing disputes and entanglements in the band, I grew up little by little."
The young fame made the originally stubborn Ryuichi Sakamoto even more frantic, and his inner self-confidence reached a certain level.
When the film director Nagisa Oshima invited Ryuichi Sakamoto to star in Happy Christmas on the Battlefield a year later, although Sakamoto was a fan of Nagisa Oshima, he was required to be responsible for the soundtrack of the film before he could be the male lead.
The director agreed with a full mouth, but he did not know that a myth should be laid down at will.
Ryuichi Sakamoto had never been exposed to film scores before, but for three months, without anyone's guidance, he made all the soundtracks related to the film.
Among them, the theme song "Merry Christmas, Lawrence" has been passed down to this day, and many years later, it is still used in "Please Call Me by Your Name" to commemorate the love that ended without a disease.
Next, because of this song, Ryuichi Sakamoto went to the Cannes Film Festival that year.
Coincidentally, the Italian cinematographer Bertolucci wanted to make a film about the Chinese emperor, "The Last Emperor", and he asked Ryuichi Sakamoto if he was interested.
Since the masters have all given them the opportunity, the answer is of course yes.
So Ryuichi Sakamoto played masahiko Kazuhiko, a Japanese officer in the movie.
When the shooting was over, Ryuichi Sakamoto was put in charge of the soundtrack of the film, with only an old piano in his hands and just two weeks.
There was no way, he could only buy more than 20 Chinese music collections, spent a day listening to them all, handed over 44 songs when he was finished, and went directly to the hospital when he was tired.
Fortunately, the kung fu paid off, and Ryuichi Sakamoto won that year's Academy Award, Grammy Award and Golden Globe Award for two of his songs.
After this, Ryuichi Sakamoto became the king of the music festival.
Whether classical, jazz, electronic are proficient, can cross from the music circle to the film circle, five minutes of casual writing of "energy flow", can cause a large wave of discussion.
Even Faye Wong wrote him into the song: "If you are Mary, whether you are Julie Charlie or Ryuichi Sakamoto, it will not matter a lot."
Ryuichi Sakamoto, who is in his sixties, said that he was too complicated to even figure himself out.
Indeed, it is hard to imagine that in addition to his status as a musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto is also a political activist.
As a young man, Ryuichi Sakamoto was keen on left-wing ideas, and in his third year of high school, he began to skip class and stay in cafes, chat with some friends, and sometimes even participate in strike marches, advocating the abolition of school hat uniforms and the exemption from all examinations.
The class will be arranged by these students, advocating that what happens in the present is the history of the world, the Vietnam War will be discussed in the class, etc., and then the teachers of the school will talk to them, and the school uniform, the school hat, and the exam will really be canceled.
When Saka Longyi recalls it now, he will always sigh a few words, at that time, he really dared to do anything!
Maybe this is also because the artist's heart is always more sensitive, he is a pacifist in his bones, so he will oppose everything that destroys beautiful things.
As a young man, he began to compose music with social problems.
Ryuichi Sakamoto calls himself a citizen of the world in "World Citizen", and the song "Thousand Knives" also samples "Water Tune Song Head Shigeue Okayama".
In the 1980s, Ryuichi Sakamoto was involved in public events, actively participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, and intimidated the Japanese right-wing government.
Later, he was more willing to pay attention to heavy topics, lamenting that "I am pessimistic because young people no longer fight", and then worked hard silently.
He began to explore the relationship between humans and nature, setting up the "more trees" project to promote forest construction, and helping local residents build 100 temporary houses after the 3.11 earthquake.
Ryuichi Sakamoto often wondered what the root cause of human violence was, so he ran to Kenya to see the origin of humanity, and he recorded the sound of nature by the lake, and then used it in the pure music "Only Love Can Dissolve Hatred".
There is no doubt that Ryuichi Sakamoto is not only a symbolic idol, but also has the labels of talent, handsomeness, elegance, stubbornness, and personality, but there is also a heavy core that emerges.
If you ignore those things in the inner layer, you will be too underestimated.
Now Ryuichi Sakamoto, even if he is suffering from cancer, still insists on working for 8 hours, he said, "Maybe he can live for twenty years, maybe he can live for ten years, maybe only one year, and his heart is still carrying." So in order not to leave regrets, I want to create more works that can be done. ”
Being able to leave music to the world is his greatest satisfaction.
Even when he was old and physically handicapped, he would still go to the North Pole himself to collect the sound of glacier flow, and at home, he would put a plastic bucket over his head and listen to the sound of rain.
Complexity and simplicity merge into one, kindness and gentleness merge into one, Ryuichi Sakamoto does not need to be defined by others, and the only thing others can do is perhaps to pray that his illness will improve so that he can continue to immerse himself in the world of music.