Costume designer who won an Oscar for Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, and created John Gielgud’s cloak in Prospero’s BooksThe costume designer Emi Wada, who has died aged 84, won an Academy award for her work on Ran (1985), Akira Kurosawa’s epic adaptation of Ki…
もっと読む »Martial arts actor with an economical style who starred in The Street Fighter and later in Kill Bill and Immortal CombatIn the early 1990s Quentin Tarantino helped extend Sonny Chiba’s appeal beyond the martial arts enthusiasts who had admired the acto…
もっと読む »The actor and painter explains why the world needs to see Minimata, the new film about the mercury poisoning scandal that W Eugene Smith helped exposeLike Cher or Madonna, Minami is a one-name wonder. “I have my French and Japanese family names,” the 3…
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