Keiji Sada

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.

Filmography (88 Appearances)

Sweet Sweat

1964

Assassination

1964

Brand of Evil

1964

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

1964

Monrō no yōna onna

1964

The Night We Danced

1963

Double Wedding

1963

Life of a Flower

1963

Youth After School

1963

The Hidden Profile

1963

Escape from Hell

1963

Sing, Young People!

1963

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

Zoku aizen katsura

1962

Mama, I Need You!

1962

Ballad of a Workman

1962

Secret Love

1962

Flower in a Storm

1962

A Roaring Trade

1962

京化粧

1961

With Wife, Children, and Friends

1961

Immortal Love

1961

As the Clouds Scatter

1961

Enraptured

1961

Uzu

1961

Hunting Rifle

1961

Late Autumn

1960

Blood Is Dry

1960

最後の切札

1960

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

1960

Irohanihoheto

1960

Hot Corner Murder

1960

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

Tokyo Omnibus

1959

Akatsuki no chiheisen

1959

Umi no Chizu

1959

High Teen

1959

Good Morning

1959

Farewell to Spring

1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

People Waiting for Spring

1959

The Invisible Wall

1958

Equinox Flower

1958

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

1958

Hibi no haishin

1958

Hobo Village

1958

Hanayome no o noroke

1958

Danger Stalks Near

1957

Shūkin ryokō

1957

Times of Joy and Sorrow

1957

When It Rains, It Pours

1957

A Case of Honor

1957

白磁の人

1957

Typhoon Furor

1956

I Will Buy You

1956

Tears

1956

俺は死なない

1956

Seishun no oto

1956

Fountainhead

1956

The Tattered Wings

1955

Beautiful Days

1955

The Refugee

1955

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

1954

Always in My Heart Part 3

1954

The Glorious Days

1954

Love and Duty

1954

Young Miss Executive

1953

Always in My Heart Part 2

1953

Always in My Heart

1953

A Japanese Tragedy

1953

Yassamossa

1953

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

1952

Doctor's Day Off

1952

Beauty of Life

1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951

Freedom School

1951

Carmen Comes Home

1951

Home Sweet Home

1951

愛情の旋風

1951

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

1951

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume

1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949

Here's to the Young Lady

1949

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

1949

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

1948

The Portrait

1948

Phoenix

1947 Debut
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