Oscar-winning Japanese costume designer Wada dies
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Wada also designed costumes for other reputed film directors including Nagisa Oshima and Zhang Yimou, as well as for the theater and opera
Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran” died according to Japanese media reports. She was 84.
Wada died November 13, the reports said, citing unidentified family sources and not giving the cause of death.
Wada was catapulted to stardom by the samurai costumes she created for the 1985 “Ran,” a striking portrayal of bloody intrigue and betrayal inspired by William Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”
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