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Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Actor · Born 1926-12-09

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. An Autumn Afternoon (1962) — Koichi
  2. Good Morning (1959) — Heiichiro Fukui
  3. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — Kageyama
  4. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) — Kageyama Shôi
  5. Late Autumn (1960) — Shotaru Goto
  6. Equinox Flower (1958) — Masahiko Taniguchi
  7. Assassination (1964)
  8. Carmen Comes Home (1951) — Mr. Ogawa
  9. Immortal Love (1961) — Takashi
  10. A Japanese Tragedy (1953) — Tatsuya
  11. I Will Buy You (1956) — Daisuke Kishimoto
  12. Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) — Kobotoke Kohei
  13. Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) — Kohei
  14. Blood Is Dry (1960) — Takashi Kiguchi
  15. Here's to the Young Lady (1949) — Goro
  16. The Tattered Wings (1955) — Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
  17. Danger Stalks Near (1957) — Kaneshige
  18. Fountainhead (1956)
  19. Farewell to Spring (1959) — Eitarô Makita
  20. Phoenix (1947) — Shinichi Yasaka
  21. Beautiful Days (1955) — Nakao
  22. Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954) — Ryoichi Morita
  23. Fireworks Over the Sea (1951) — Tamihiko Kujirai
  24. Ballad of a Workman (1962) — Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
  25. The Portrait (1948) — Nakajima
  26. Escape from Hell (1963) — Yajuro
  27. Home Sweet Home (1951) — Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
  28. Sing, Young People! (1963) — Keiji Sada
  29. As the Clouds Scatter (1961)
  30. Always in My Heart (1953)
  31. Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
  32. Doctor's Day Off (1952)
  33. Brand of Evil (1964) — Takazawa Shigeharu
  34. Sweet Sweat (1964) — Tatsuoka
  35. Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) — Shiro Arisawa
  36. Hunting Rifle (1961) — Reiichiro Kadota
  37. The Hidden Profile (1963)
  38. Life of a Flower (1963) — Nagano Shuzen
  39. When It Rains, It Pours (1957) — Kazuo
  40. Freedom School (1951)