Keiji Sada
Acting
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
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movieSweet Sweat
1964
Tatsuoka
movieBrand of Evil
1964
Takazawa Shigeharu
movieTo Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Ryosuke Kurumiya
movieDobuike
1963
Sadahiko Kanemitsu
movieDouble Wedding
1963
Jiro Okuyama
tvLife of a Flower
1963
Nagano Shuzen
movieYouth After School
1963
Ichirô Hasegawa
movieSing, Young People!
1963
Keiji Sada
movieBallad of a Workman
1962
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
movieWith Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Yonesaku Nihei
movieImmortal Love
1961
Takashi
movieHunting Rifle
1961
Reiichiro Kadota
movieLate Autumn
1960
Shotaru Goto
movieBlood Is Dry
1960
Takashi Kiguchi
movieThe Last Trump Card
1960
Shunsuke Tatsuno
movieA Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960
Saburo Yaoi
movieHot Corner Murder
1960
Takayama
movieThe Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Kageyama Shôi
movieUmi no Chizu
1959
Tonomura
movieGood Morning
1959
Heiichiro Fukui
movieFarewell to Spring
1959
Eitarô Makita
moviePeople Waiting for Spring
1959
Western-style painter Nishiwaki
movieEquinox Flower
1958
Masahiko Taniguchi
movieModan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Tsurukawa Matsuo
movieHanayome no o noroke
1958
Denshichi Kumazawa
movieDanger Stalks Near
1957
Kaneshige
movieTimes of Joy and Sorrow
1957
Shiro Arisawa
movieMonkey Business
1957
Yoshizawa, Diet member
movieI Will Buy You
1956
Daisuke Kishimoto
movieThe Tattered Wings
1955
Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
movieThe Refugee
1955
Shaochang
movieSomewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Ryoichi Morita
movieA Japanese Tragedy
1953
Tatsuya
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951
Tamihiko Kujirai
movieCarmen Comes Home
1951
Mr. Ogawa
movieHome Sweet Home
1951
Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
movieThe Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
Shinnosuke Koyanagi
movieYotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
Kobotoke Kohei
movieThe Portrait
1948
Nakajima
moviePhoenix
1947
Shinichi Yasaka