Acting
Keiji Sada
JA cinema · 98 credits
Born
9 December 1926
Died
17 August 1964 (aged 37)
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
Filmography
Brand of Evil
as Takazawa Shigeharu
Sweet Sweat
as Tatsuoka
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Ryosuke Kurumiya
Youth After School
as Ichirô Hasegawa
Sing, Young People!
as Keiji Sada
Escape from Hell
as Yajuro
Double Wedding
as Jiro Okuyama
Dobuike
as Sadahiko Kanemitsu
An Autumn Afternoon
as Koichi
Ballad of a Workman
as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Immortal Love
as Takashi
With Wife, Children, and Friends
as Yonesaku Nihei
Hunting Rifle
as Reiichiro Kadota
As the Clouds Scatter
as Yoshimi Misaki
Late Autumn
as Shotaru Goto
Blood Is Dry
as Takashi Kiguchi
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
as Saburo Yaoi
Hot Corner Murder
as Takayama
The Last Trump Card
as Shunsuke Tatsuno
Good Morning
as Heiichiro Fukui
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Kageyama Shôi
Farewell to Spring
as Eitarô Makita
Umi no Chizu
as Tonomura
People Waiting for Spring
as Western-style painter Nishiwaki
Equinox Flower
as Masahiko Taniguchi
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
as Tsurukawa Matsuo
Hanayome no o noroke
as Denshichi Kumazawa
Danger Stalks Near
as Kaneshige
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Shiro Arisawa
Monkey Business
as Yoshizawa, Diet member
I Will Buy You
as Daisuke Kishimoto
Beautiful Days
as Nakao
The Tattered Wings
as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
The Refugee
as Shaochang
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Ryoichi Morita
新婚たくあん夫婦
as 目白三平
A Japanese Tragedy
as Tatsuya
Carmen Comes Home
as Mr. Ogawa
Home Sweet Home
as Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Shinnosuke Koyanagi
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tamihiko Kujirai
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Kobotoke Kohei
The Portrait
as Nakajima
Phoenix
as Shinichi Yasaka