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Costume designer who won an Oscar for Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, and created John Gielgud’s cloak in Prospero’s Books

Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” has died, Japanese media reports said Sunday. She was 84. Wada died Nov. 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…

She started a career by designing costumes for stages directed by her husband

Emi Wada, the celebrated Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for Akira Kurosawa's 'Ran' in 1985, has died.

TOKYO (AP) — Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” has died, Japanese media reports said Sunday. She was 84.

TOKYO (AP) — Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” has died, Japanese media reports said Sunday. She was 84.

TOKYO (AP) — Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” has died, Japanese media reports said Sunday. She was 84.

Wada also designed costumes for acclaimed stage productions, including the Chinese adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear"

TOKYO (AP) -- Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa's "Ran," has died, Japanese media reports said

TOKYO (AP) — Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” has died, Japanese media reports said Sunday. She was 84.