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