In 1986, she received an Oscar, the supreme Hollywood award, for having masterfully designed the costumes for the film
Ran
directed by an undisputed master of the seventh art, Akira Kurosawa.
The great costume designer Emi Wada passed away on November 13, 2021. She was 84 years old.
The family, who gave the information of his disappearance to Reuters, did not specify the causes of death.
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Born Emiko Noguchi in Japan on March 18, 1937, attended the Kyoto City University of the Arts.
Before working for the cinema, she began to hone her mastery of costume design for theater troupes and dance companies in her native country.
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In 1986, she reached her Grail by receiving the Oscar for the most beautiful costumes she designed for the film
Ran
by Kurosawa.
Recognized then worldwide, she will work with renowned filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway (
Prospero's Books in 1991
,
8 Women ½ in 1999
), or Zhang Yimou (
Hero
in 2002,
House of Flying Daggers
in 2004).
Tireless, dedicated to her art of costume designer, at 80 years old Emi Wada was still one of Ann Hui's indispensable collaborators on the film
Love After Love
, which had been presented in world preview at the Venice Film Festival in 2020.
Ran
from Kurosawa in 1985, costumes signed by Emi Wada
