Keiji Sada
Acting
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.
Filmography 99
Movies (98)
Sweet Sweat1964Tatsuoka
Assassination1964
Brand of Evil1964Takazawa Shigeharu
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 21964Ryosuke Kurumiya
Monrō no yōna onna1964
The Night We Danced1963
Dobuike1963Sadahiko Kanemitsu
Double Wedding1963Jiro Okuyama
The House Where Flowers Bloom1963
Youth After School1963Ichirô Hasegawa
The Hidden Profile1963
Escape from Hell1963Yajuro
Sing, Young People!1963Keiji Sada
An Autumn Afternoon1962Koichi
Zoku aizen katsura1962
Mama, I Need You!1962
Ballad of a Workman1962Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Secret Love1962
Flower in a Storm1962
A Roaring Trade1962
京化粧1961
With Wife, Children, and Friends1961Yonesaku Nihei
Immortal Love1961Takashi
As the Clouds Scatter1961Yoshimi Misaki- Enraptured1961
Aoi kairyū1961
Uzu1961
Hunting Rifle1961Reiichiro Kadota
Late Autumn1960Shotaru Goto
Blood Is Dry1960Takashi Kiguchi
Shows (1)
Life of a Flower1963Nagano Shuzen