Person

Keiji Sada

Acting · 1926–1964

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

Filmography

1964Sweet SweatTatsuoka
1964Assassination
1964Brand of EvilTakazawa Shigeharu
1964To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2Ryosuke Kurumiya
1964Monrō no yōna onna
1963The Night We Danced
1963DobuikeSadahiko Kanemitsu
1963Double WeddingJiro Okuyama
1963The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963Life of a FlowerNagano Shuzen
1963Youth After SchoolIchirô Hasegawa
1963The Hidden Profile
1963Escape from HellYajuro
1963Sing, Young People!Keiji Sada
1962An Autumn AfternoonKoichi
1962Zoku aizen katsura
1962Mama, I Need You!
1962Ballad of a WorkmanYoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
1962Secret Love
1962Flower in a Storm
1962A Roaring Trade
1961京化粧
1961With Wife, Children, and FriendsYonesaku Nihei
1961Immortal LoveTakashi
1961As the Clouds Scatter
1961Enraptured
1961Aoi kairyū
1961Uzu
1961Hunting RifleReiichiro Kadota
1960Late AutumnShotaru Goto
1960Blood Is DryTakashi Kiguchi
1960The Last Trump CardShunsuke Tatsuno
1960A Woman’s Uphill SlopeSaburo Yaoi
1960Irohanihoheto
1960Hot Corner MurderTakayama
1960Shu no kafun武中究二
1959The Human Condition II: Road to EternityKageyama Shôi
1959Tokyo Omnibus
1959Akatsuki no chiheisenKazuo
1959Umi no ChizuTonomura
1959High Teen
1959Good MorningHeiichiro Fukui
1959Farewell to SpringEitarô Makita
1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveKageyama
1959People Waiting for SpringWestern-style painter Nishiwaki
1958The Invisible Wall
1958Equinox FlowerMasahiko Taniguchi
1958Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashiTsurukawa Matsuo
1958Whirlpool of Flowers
1958Hibi no haishin
1958Hobo Village
1958Hanayome no o norokeDenshichi Kumazawa
1957Danger Stalks NearKaneshige
1957Shūkin ryokō
1957Times of Joy and SorrowShiro Arisawa
1957Monkey BusinessYoshizawa, Diet member
1957When It Rains, It PoursKazuo
1957A Case of Honor
1957白磁の人
1956Typhoon Furor
1956I Will Buy YouDaisuke Kishimoto
1956Tears
1956Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956俺は死なない
1956Seishun no oto
1956Fountainhead
1955Every Day That New Life
1955Bride in the Kitchen
1955The Tattered WingsShunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
1955Beautiful DaysNakao
1955The RefugeeShaochang
1954Somewhere Beneath the Wide SkyRyoichi Morita
1954新婚たくあん夫婦目白三平
1954Always in My Heart Part 3
1954The Glorious Days
1954Love and Duty
1953Young Miss Executive
1953Always in My Heart Part 2
1953Always in My Heart
1953A Japanese TragedyTatsuya
1953Yassamossa
1952Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952Doctor's Day Off
1951Beauty of Life
1951Fireworks Over the SeaTamihiko Kujirai
1951An Angel Dreams Too
1951Freedom School
1951Carmen Comes HomeMr. Ogawa
1951Home Sweet HomeSaburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
1951愛情の旋風
1951The Inner Palace ConspiracyShinnosuke Koyanagi
1949Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2Kohei
1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1Kobotoke Kohei
1949Here's to the Young LadyGoro
1949Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1948Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948The PortraitNakajima
1947PhoenixShinichi Yasaka

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