sentences:  Wada had initially gone to school to become a painter, but this tie to her husband led to designing the stage effects and costumes for plays he was involved with.Wada has continued designing for the stage since.Wada created costumes for the Akira Kurosawa film "Ran", which earned her an Academy Award for costume design, the Peter Greenaway film "Prospero's Books", and the Zhang Yimou films, "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers".