Keiji Sada
Acting
Born: 1926-12-09
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
An Autumn Afternoon
Koichi
Good Morning
Heiichiro Fukui
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kageyama
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kageyama Shôi
Late Autumn
Shotaru Goto
Equinox Flower
Masahiko Taniguchi
Assassination
Carmen Comes Home
Mr. Ogawa
Immortal Love
Takashi
I Will Buy You
Daisuke Kishimoto
A Japanese Tragedy
Tatsuya
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Kobotoke Kohei
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Kohei
Blood Is Dry
Takashi Kiguchi
Here's to the Young Lady
Goro
The Tattered Wings
Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
Danger Stalks Near
Kaneshige
Fountainhead
Beautiful Days
Nakao
Farewell to Spring
Eitarô Makita
Phoenix
Shinichi Yasaka
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Ryoichi Morita
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tamihiko Kujirai
Ballad of a Workman
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
The Portrait
Nakajima
Escape from Hell
Yajuro
Home Sweet Home
Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
Sing, Young People!
Keiji Sada
As the Clouds Scatter
Yoshimi Misaki
Always in My Heart
Always in My Heart Part 2
Doctor's Day Off
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Shigeharu
Sweet Sweat
Tatsuoka
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Shiro Arisawa
Hunting Rifle
Reiichiro Kadota
The Hidden Profile
Life of a Flower
Nagano Shuzen
When It Rains, It Pours
Kazuo
