Oscar-profitable costume designer Emi Wada dies aged 84 -reports

Japanese Oscar-winning motion picture costume designer Emi Wada (L) and Hong Kong actress Cecilia Yip existing an award at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards, April 8, 2006. REUTERS/Paul Yeung/File Picture

TOKYO, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Japanese costume designer Emi Wada, who received an Oscar for her do the job on Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 movie “Ran”, has died aged 84, neighborhood media documented on Sunday, citing her loved ones.

Wada died on Nov. 13 and a assistance was held with loved ones and close pals, in accordance to the experiences, without citing a cause of death.

Born in Kyoto, Wada started get the job done though nevertheless a scholar at Kyoto Metropolis College of Arts. She also developed costumes for theatre and dance productions.

As effectively as doing the job with Kurosawa, Wada made costumes for several international films which includes Peter Greenaway’s “Prospero’s Publications” (1991) and Zhang Yimou’s “Hero” (2002) and “Home of Traveling Daggers” (2004).

She ongoing to work in her 80s, making costumes for Ann Hui’s “Enjoy Right after Like”, which premiered at the 2020 Venice International Movie Pageant.

Reporting by Kevin Buckland Editing by Christopher Cushing

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