Makoto Wada was born on April 10, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for
Kaitô Ruby (1988),
Journal d'errance d'un joueur de mah-jong (1984) and
Mayonaka made (1999). He was married to Remi Hirano. He died on October 7, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.