---
name: "Emi Wada"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emi-wada"
fi1m_id: "emi-wada"
imdb_id: "nm0905253"
tmdb_id: 21907
wikidata_id: "Q440027"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "18 March 1937"
died: "13 November 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:07:31.990900+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emi Wada

## Identity

Emi Wada

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emi-wada
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emi-wada
- **IMDb ID:** nm0905253
- **TMDB ID:** 21907
- **Wikidata ID:** Q440027
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21907

Costume designer. Born 18 March 1937 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. Died 13 November 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 18 March 1937, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- **Died:** 13 November 2021
- **Active:** 1985–2002
- **Also known as:** Emiko Noguchi, Wada Emi, ワダエミ, 和田恵美, 和田恵美子, Emiko Wada
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 92 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21907

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Emi Wada was a Japanese costume designer who worked in film, theatre, opera and ballet. Born in Kyoto in 1937, she studied at Kyoto City University of Arts before beginning her career designing for stage and television productions.

She received the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Akira Kurosawa’s *Ran* (1985) and created costumes for Zhang Yimou’s *Hero* (2002) and *House of Flying Daggers* (2004). Other notable film credits include *Prospero’s Books* (1991) and *The Soong Sisters* (1997). She also won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1993 for the opera production *Oedipus Rex* and received Hong Kong Film Awards for her work on *Hero* and *The Soong Sisters*.

Wada died in Japan in November 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hero* (2002), Fi1m 77, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/hero.md)
- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Giacomo Puccini: Turandot* (2024), Costume Designer
- *Love After Love* (2021), Costume Design
- *They Say Nothing Stays the Same* (2019), Costume Designer
- *Samurai Marathon* (2019), Costume Designer
- *God of War* (2017), Costume Design
- *Lady of the Dynasty* (2015), Costume Design
- *Wu Dang* (2012), Costume Design
- *Reign of Assassins* (2010), Costume Design
- *The Warrior and the Wolf* (2009), Costume Design
- *The Go Master* (2007), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Restless* (2006), Costume Design
- *Japan Sinks* (2006), Actor
- *Making of House of Flying Daggers* (2004), Costume Design
- *House of Flying Daggers* (2004), Costume Design
- *Madama Butterfly* (2004), Costume Design
- *Hero* (2002), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hero.md)
- *I'm Sure Tomorrow...* (2001), Actor
- *Taboo* (1999), Costume Design
- *8 ½ Women* (1999), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Storm Riders* (1998), Costume Design
- *The Soong Sisters* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Bride with White Hair 2* (1993), Costume Design
- *The Bride with White Hair* (1993), Costume Design
- *Oedipus Rex* (1993), Costume Designer
- *Dreams* (1990), Costume Design
- *Rikyu* (1989), Costume Design
- *Festival of Dreams* (1989), Costume Design
- *Harimao* (1989), Costume Designer
- *Princess from the Moon* (1987), Costume Design
- *The Hall of the Crying Deer* (1986), Costume Design
- *Ran* (1985), Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1986: Best Costume Design (won), for *Ran*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/emi-wada