Keiji Sada
Acting
Born: December 9, 1926
Died: August 17, 1964 (aged 37)
Highest Rated
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
1962
Good Morning
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Late Autumn
1960
Equinox Flower
1958
Assassination
1964
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Immortal Love
1961
Photos (1)
Movies (93)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kageyama
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kageyama Shôi
Good Morning
Heiichiro Fukui
An Autumn Afternoon
Koichi
Late Autumn
Shotaru Goto
Equinox Flower
Masahiko Taniguchi
A Japanese Tragedy
Tatsuya
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Shigeharu
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Kobotoke Kohei
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Carmen Comes Home
Mr. Ogawa
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Ryoichi Morita
俺は死なない
1956
Sweet Sweat
Tatsuoka
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Kohei
Beauty of Life
1951
Assassination
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Ryosuke Kurumiya
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tamihiko Kujirai
Beautiful Days
Nakao
京化粧
1961
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Shiro Arisawa
Uzu
1961
Young Miss Executive
1953
Escape from Hell
Yajuro
Immortal Love
Takashi
Blood Is Dry
Takashi Kiguchi
Double Wedding
Jiro Okuyama
Always in My Heart
1953
Mama, I Need You!
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
I Will Buy You
Daisuke Kishimoto
The Refugee
Shaochang
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Shinnosuke Koyanagi
High Teen
1959
The Portrait
Nakajima
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Tsurukawa Matsuo
Youth After School
Ichirô Hasegawa
Freedom School
1951
Here's to the Young Lady
Goro
People Waiting for Spring
Western-style painter Nishiwaki
Home Sweet Home
Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
Monkey Business
Yoshizawa, Diet member
Umi no Chizu
Tonomura
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948
Farewell to Spring
Eitarô Makita
Irohanihoheto
1960
Sing, Young People!
Keiji Sada
Typhoon Furor
1956
Hibi no haishin
1958
The Last Trump Card
Shunsuke Tatsuno
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
The Invisible Wall
1958
Hot Corner Murder
Takayama
The Hidden Profile
1963
Danger Stalks Near
Kaneshige
Fountainhead
1956
When It Rains, It Pours
Kazuo
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949
The Glorious Days
1954
The Tattered Wings
Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
A Case of Honor
1957
As the Clouds Scatter
Yoshimi Misaki
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Saburo Yaoi
Yassamossa
1953
Hunting Rifle
Reiichiro Kadota
The Night We Danced
1963
Flower in a Storm
1962
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Yonesaku Nihei
Tears
1956
Phoenix
Shinichi Yasaka
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Love and Duty
1954
Hanayome no o noroke
Denshichi Kumazawa
Ballad of a Workman
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Dobuike
Sadahiko Kanemitsu
Aoi kairyū
1961
Shūkin ryokō
1957
Secret Love
1962
Shu no kafun
武中究二
Akatsuki no chiheisen
Kazuo
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949
Sound of Youth
1956
Every Day That New Life
1955
Hakuji no hito
Goto
An Angel Dreams Too
1951
新婚たくあん夫婦
目白三平
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
