On November 21, Sina Film's official blog released the news: "Ms. Emi Wada, a famous film costume design master, passed away at the age of 84. She has worked as a costume designer for several well-known film productions, and won the 58th Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Akira Kurosawa's "Chaos"..."
Megumi Wada, whose original name was Miko Wada, is a well-known Japanese film costume designer who graduated from the Department of Western Painting at Kyoto City University of the Arts in Japan, and her husband is a veteran Japanese director Wada Mian who has directed Japanese dramas such as "The Loneliness of Asura", "The Arrival of the Dragon Horse", and "The Strange Case of Mt. Tenjo".
It is worth mentioning that Wada Emi is not only a famous Japanese film costume designer, but also deeply involved in the costume design work of many Chinese films, such as "Hero", "Ten Faces Ambush", "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", "Song Dynasty", "Wind and Cloud Dominate the World", "Wu Qingyuan", "Wolf Disaster", "Sword Rain", "Dawudang Heaven and Earth Code", "Blood Droplets", "Dynasty Woman Yang Guifei", "Langkou Fengyun", "First Burning Incense", etc.
That is to say, Hetian Huimei has cooperated with Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Xu Anhua, Zhang Wanting, Liu Weiqiang, Chen Jiashang, Cheng Shiqing, Liang Baijian, Su Zhaobin, Yu Rentai, Hu Dawei and other directors, and has done modeling for Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Manyu, Lin Qingxia, Yang Gongru, Yang Ziqiong, Zhong Liti, Zhang Aijia, Yang Mi, Ma Sichun, Yu Feihong, etc.
In particular, Wada Megumi participated in the costume design of "Hero" and "Ten Faces Ambush" directed by Zhang Yimou. According to reports, when participating in the costume design of the movie "Hero", she squatted in the dye shop every day, constantly experimenting with the mixing and dyeing methods of various fabrics to obtain 54 different reds, which is why the costume color of "Hero" is so strong.
Seeing the news of The death of Ms. Wada Emi, the famous director Zhang Yimou posted a memorial: "It is sad to learn from the news that Ms. Wada Emi has passed away... The wonderful character shapes she created in "Hero", "Ten Faces Ambush" and the opera "Qin Shi Huang" will always live in people's hearts. ”
Emi Wada won the 58th Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Akira Kurosawa's "Chaos", the Best Costume Design Award at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards for Yu Rentai's "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", the Best Costume Design Award at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards for "The Song Dynasty" directed by Zhang Wanting, and the Best Costume Design Award at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards for "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou.
For the death of Emi Wada, many netizens also have comments. @A Pear Flora: Remembering the Master; @-Two Herbal Teas-: The Master Goes All the Way; @Moon Sea: Absolute Master, The Old Lady's Work Is Really Many; @Silent Big Night Cat: Heroes and Ten-Sided Ambush Costume Design Is Truly Stunning.
Of course, seeing that the costume designer of many Chinese costume films is Wada Emi, some netizens have also raised different questions: Chinese costume design is actually Japanese, although it is also a master, but China's own traditional culture has no heir?
I wonder what you think about this?
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