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
Equinox Flower
Masahiko Taniguchi
Late Autumn
Shotaru Goto
Uzu
Assassination
Tears
Life of a Flower
Nagano Shuzen
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kageyama
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
Every Day That New Life
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kageyama Shôi
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Yonesaku Nihei
Sing, Young People!
Keiji Sada
新婚たくあん夫婦
目白三平
Aoi kairyū
The Invisible Wall
Phoenix
Shinichi Yasaka
Blood Is Dry
Takashi Kiguchi
Young Miss Executive
I Will Buy You
Daisuke Kishimoto
Good Morning
Heiichiro Fukui
Typhoon Furor
Home Sweet Home
Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
Monrō no yōna onna
Hakuji no hito
Goto
Whirlpool of Flowers
An Angel Dreams Too
Enraptured
Ballad of a Workman
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Shiro Arisawa
Shu no kafun
武中究二
Bride in the Kitchen
The Night We Danced
The Last Trump Card
Shunsuke Tatsuno
Hunting Rifle
Reiichiro Kadota
The Portrait
Nakajima
Sweet Sweat
Tatsuoka
High Teen
When It Rains, It Pours
Kazuo
The Tattered Wings
Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law