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