Born in Kyoto, Japan, Ms. Wada graduated from the Kyoto City College of Arts with a degree in Western Painting. A fruitful collaboration with acclaimed British director, Peter Greenaway, began with ‘Prospero’s Book’ in 1991 and continued with ‘The Pillow Book’ (1995), starring Ewan McGregor, and ‘8 1/2 Women’ (1998).

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Emi Wada’s work with Hong Kong filmmakers has also been recognized, and she earned Best Costume Design honors for Ronny Yu’s ‘The Bride with White Hair’ (1993), Mabel Cheung’s ‘The Soong Sisters’ (1995) and Zhang Yimou’s ‘HERO’ (2003) at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Wada has also worked as costume designer on numerous stage productions including Shakespeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ directed by Peter Stein, and Julie Taymor’s opera, ‘Oedipus Rex’ (1992) which for which Wada won Best Costume Design at the 45th Emmy Awards. She has exhibited her costumes and designs both in Japan and abroad, and has published three books on her costume designs.

Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau Tak Wah, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan

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