Keiji Sada
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 9, 1926 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Keiji Sada was a Japanese actor. He won the award for Best Actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for Anata Kaimasu (I Will Buy You) and Taifū Sōdōki (Typhoon). He was the father of the actor Kiichi Nakai. Sada is primarily known for starring in Ozu films, especially in the 1950s and most famously Good Morning (1959). He also was a supporting actor in two films of Masaki Kobayashi's Human Condition trilogy. Sada was born in Kyoto in 1926. While a student, he roomed at a boarding house owned by the actor Shuji Sano, and on graduation was offered a position at Shochiku Studios. He was paired with Kinuyo Tanaka for his debut appearance, Keisuke Kinoshita's Phoenix. Sada was killed in a car crash in 1964. His wife and children were unharmed. He was 37.
Known For
| 1964 | Assassination | |
| 1964 | Brand of EvilTakazawa Shigeharu | |
| 1964 | Sweet SweatTatsuoka | |
| 1964 | To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2Ryosuke Kurumiya | |
| 1964 | Monrō no yōna onna | |
| 1963 | Youth After SchoolIchirô Hasegawa | |
| 1963 | Sing, Young People!Keiji Sada | |
| 1963 | Escape from HellYajuro | |
| 1963 | The Hidden Profile | |
| 1963 | The Night We Danced | |
| 1963 | Double WeddingJiro Okuyama | |
| 1963 | Life of a FlowerNagano Shuzen | |
| 1962 | Zoku aizen katsura | |
| 1962 | Flower in a Storm | |
| 1962 | A Roaring Trade | |
| 1962 | Secret Love | |
| 1962 | An Autumn AfternoonKoichi | |
| 1962 | Mama, I Need You! | |
| 1962 | Ballad of a WorkmanYoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband | |
| 1961 | Immortal LoveTakashi | |
| 1961 | Uzu | |
| 1961 | With Wife, Children, and FriendsYonesaku Nihei | |
| 1961 | Hunting RifleReiichiro Kadota | |
| 1961 | Enraptured | |
| 1961 | As the Clouds Scatter | |
| 1961 | 京化粧 | |
| 1960 | Late AutumnShotaru Goto | |
| 1960 | Blood Is DryTakashi Kiguchi | |
| 1960 | Irohanihoheto | |
| 1960 | A Woman’s Uphill SlopeSaburo Yaoi | |
| 1960 | Hot Corner MurderTakayama | |
| 1960 | 最後の切札 | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveKageyama | |
| 1959 | Good MorningHeiichiro Fukui | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition II: Road to EternityKageyama Shôi | |
| 1959 | Farewell to SpringEitarô Makita | |
| 1959 | High Teen | |
| 1959 | Tokyo Omnibus | |
| 1959 | Umi no ChizuTonomura | |
| 1959 | Akatsuki no chiheisenKazuo | |
| 1959 | People Waiting for SpringWestern-style painter Nishiwaki | |
| 1958 | Equinox FlowerMasahiko Taniguchi | |
| 1958 | Hobo Village | |
| 1958 | The Invisible Wall | |
| 1958 | Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashiTsurukawa Matsuo | |
| 1958 | Hibi no haishin | |
| 1958 | Hanayome no o norokeDenshichi Kumazawa | |
| 1957 | Danger Stalks NearKaneshige | |
| 1957 | Times of Joy and SorrowShiro Arisawa | |
| 1957 | 白磁の人 | |
| 1957 | When It Rains, It PoursKazuo | |
| 1957 | A Case of Honor | |
| 1957 | Shūkin ryokō | |
| 1956 | I Will Buy YouDaisuke Kishimoto | |
| 1956 | 俺は死なない | |
| 1956 | Fountainhead | |
| 1956 | Tears | |
| 1956 | Typhoon | |
| 1956 | Seishun no oto | |
| 1955 | Beautiful DaysNakao | |
| 1955 | The Tattered WingsShunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law | |
| 1955 | The RefugeeShaochang | |
| 1954 | Somewhere Beneath the Wide SkyRyoichi Morita | |
| 1954 | Always in My Heart Part 3 | |
| 1954 | Love and Duty | |
| 1954 | The Glorious Days | |
| 1953 | A Japanese TragedyTatsuya | |
| 1953 | Always in My Heart | |
| 1953 | Always in My Heart Part 2 | |
| 1953 | Young Miss Executive | |
| 1953 | Yassamossa | |
| 1952 | Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove | |
| 1952 | Doctor's Day Off | |
| 1951 | Carmen Comes HomeMr. Ogawa | |
| 1951 | 愛情の旋風 | |
| 1951 | Home Sweet HomeSaburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend | |
| 1951 | Freedom School | |
| 1951 | The Inner Palace ConspiracyShinnosuke Koyanagi | |
| 1951 | Fireworks Over the SeaTamihiko Kujirai | |
| 1951 | Beauty of Life | |
| 1949 | Here's to the Young LadyGoro | |
| 1949 | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1Kobotoke Kohei | |
| 1949 | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2Kohei | |
| 1949 | Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume | |
| 1949 | Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume | |
| 1948 | The PortraitNakajima | |
| 1948 | Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume | |
| 1947 | PhoenixShinichi Yasaka |