Makoto Wada Trailers
Round About Midnight TrailerShizuka na ayashii gogo ni TrailerUneasy Encounters Trailer
Wada was born in Osaka on 10 April 1936. He attended Tama Art University, where he won the Japan Advertising Art Award in 1957. As an illustrator, Wada drew many cartoons and caricatures for Shinichi Hoshi and Haruki Murakami. He designed more than 2,000 covers for the magazine Shūkan Bunshun from 1972 to 2017 and provided illustrations for the book review section of the Mainichi Shimbun from 1992 to 2018. Being a passionate film fan, he started his career as a film director in 1984. He won the award for best director at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards for Kaitō Ruby.
Since 1972, Wada was married to Remi Hirano, the granddaughter of Henry Pike Bowie. They had two sons: Sho and Ritsu. Their eldest son Sho is the guitarist and vocalist of Triceratops and is married to actress Juri Ueno.
Wada died on 7 October 2019 at the hospital in Tokyo. He was 83 years old. The cause of death was pneumonia.
Most Popular Makoto Wada Trailers
Total trailers found: 13
14 July 1979
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family.
30 August 1960
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave.
23 April 1994
A five-part comedy and horror anthology
18 July 1970
A musical comedy.
12 November 1988
Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs.
25 January 1997
Anthology consisting of three films.
15 January 1960
The three tales were "The Third Blood" (第三の皿), "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象), and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町).
06 November 1999
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers.
01 January 1964
Short animated mystery.
03 April 1961
Music video for the song Daremo Shiranai by Kusunoki Toshie that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
10 October 1984
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.
04 August 1970
A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.
10 April 1987
Thirty-eight years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a boy is born with only a single day to live.
