Keiji Sada
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.
Acting
Movie
An Autumn Afternoon
as Koichi
1962
Movie
Good Morning
as Heiichiro Fukui
1959
Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kageyama
1959
Movie
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Kageyama Shôi
1959
Movie
Late Autumn
as Shotaru Goto
1960
Movie
Equinox Flower
as Masahiko Taniguchi
1958
Movie
Assassination
1964
Movie
Carmen Comes Home
as Mr. Ogawa
1951
Movie
Immortal Love
as Takashi
1961
Movie
A Japanese Tragedy
as Tatsuya
1953
Movie
I Will Buy You
as Daisuke Kishimoto
1956
Movie
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Kobotoke Kohei
1949
Movie
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Kohei
1949
Movie
Blood Is Dry
as Takashi Kiguchi
1960
Movie
Here's to the Young Lady
as Goro
1949
Movie
The Tattered Wings
as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
1955
Movie
Danger Stalks Near
as Kaneshige
1957
Movie
Fountainhead
1956
Movie
Farewell to Spring
as Eitarô Makita
1959
Movie
Phoenix
as Shinichi Yasaka
1947
Movie
Beautiful Days
as Nakao
1955
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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Ryoichi Morita
1954
Movie
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tamihiko Kujirai
1951
Movie
Ballad of a Workman
as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
1962