Yukihiro Takahashi

Acting

Yukihiro Takahashi

Born 1952-06-06 · Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Yukihiro Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋 幸宏) Was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer, lead vocalist, & 2nd keyboardist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band. Takahashi's main movie roles were primarily with Japan's visionary film director Nobuhiko Obayashi, notably April Fish and Labyrinth of Cinema.

Acting credits

Norwegian Wood poster
6.4

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.

Norwegian Wood

2010

Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto poster
7.2

Documentary about the eclectic Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording sessions for his 1984 album "Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia".

Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto

1985

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA poster
7.4

Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto weaves man-made and natural sounds together in his works. His anti-nuclear activism grew after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and his career only paused after a 2014 cancer diagnosis.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA

2017

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption poster
6.7

The final showdown, and the final reveal. Who is Friend? How can he be stopped?

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

2009

Labyrinth of Cinema poster
6.9

When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.

Labyrinth of Cinema

2020

The Discarnates poster
6.6

A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

The Discarnates

1988

The Island Closest to Heaven poster
6.3

A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.

The Island Closest to Heaven

1984

TV-YMO poster
NR

A compilation of 1980s television appearances by Yellow Magic Orchestra.

TV-YMO

1993

MOONRIDERS THE MOVIE: PASSION MANIACS poster
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30 years of the band, 30 years of Japanese rock. The story of passion toward the band and music.

MOONRIDERS THE MOVIE: PASSION MANIACS

2006

YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan poster
6.0

Yellow Magic Orchestra playing songs from the album Service in the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan in the 22 Dec. 1983

YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan

1983

No Smoking poster
7.0

A documentary about Haruomi Hosono, a musician respected around the world and the music composer of Cannes Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters. The footage traces his encounter with music in early childhood to his days in bands Happy End and YMO to his solo activities. It also includes in-depth coverage from recent years of his first overseas performances in London, New York and Los Angeles. In London, he was joined by Yukihiro Takahashi, and when Ryuichi Sakamoto made a surprise appearance onstage, the YMO members were reunited for the first time in five years, a must-see spectacle captured on film. Written by Nikkatsu

No Smoking

2019

YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime

1992

It's All Right, My Friend poster
6.3

An alien with super powers fallen from the sky is befriended by some people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.

It's All Right, My Friend

1983

A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda poster
9.0

Starring Yellow Magic Orchestra and David Brooks Palmer, YMO Propaganda is 1984 Musical film directed by Shin Saito. Originally premiered theatrically throughout Japan in 1984 and is considered by some to be the best visual work from 'Y.M.O.'

A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda

1984

Yukihiro Takahashi - Trail of Creation poster
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A NHK Music Special episode which retraces the life, wide-ranging talents and creative works of Yukihiro Takahashi, internationally known both for his solo-artist works as well as a member of YMO and the Sadistic Mika Band. This documentary consists of various archival footage and is narrated by Miu Sakamoto.

Yukihiro Takahashi - Trail of Creation

2023

Boys Will Be Boys poster
NR

Yukihiro Takahashi Live 1983

Boys Will Be Boys

1983

POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra

2009

YMO: Winter Live '81 poster
NR

Yellow Magic Orchestra concert recorded in late December 1981 at the Shinjuku Koma Theater.

YMO: Winter Live '81

1983

Complete Hurrah poster
NR

Yellow Magic Orchestra perform live at Hurrah in New York on November 1, 1979

Complete Hurrah

1999

April Fish poster
4.8

A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.

April Fish

1986

Technodon in Tokyo Dome poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Technodon in Tokyo Dome

1993

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 poster
NR

A domestic live tour in 1981 when YMO released two masterpiece albums, "BGM" and "Technodelic". A live concert filmed at the Shinjuku Koma Theater, "WINTER LIVE 1981" focuses on songs from "BGM" and "Technodelic" and symbolizing the mid-term YMO catalogue along with artistic performing art. The audio is also remastered, giving the viewer a more realistic feel.

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981

1981

VisualYMO:the Best poster
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No synopsis available yet.

VisualYMO:the Best

2003

Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era poster
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This documentary follows the path of musician Kazuhiko Kato, who has created many masterpieces that remain in the history of Japanese pop music. Kazuhiko Kato, affectionately known as "Tonovan," influenced many people with his musicality that was ahead of its time, such as "The Folk Crusaders" and "Sadistic Mika Band." The documentary introduces the behind-the-scenes story of the formation of The Folk Crusaders, who created Japan's first million-selling hit, rare footage of the Sadistic Mika Band's overseas performances and recording scenes as they made their way around the world, and hidden anecdotes about the "Europe Trilogy," which is said to be a monumental work of Japanese pop music. In addition, a new recording of the timeless classic "Ano Subarashii Ai wo Mouichido" is made, and the song's evolution by musicians of various genres is shown. The film was planned, directed, and produced by Yumi Aihara, who also worked on "SUKITA: A Moment Carved by Artists."

Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era

2024

Behind the camera