Keiji Sada
Acting
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.
TV Shows(1)
Movies(95)
Sweet Sweat
Tatsuoka
1964
Assassination
1964
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Shigeharu
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Ryosuke Kurumiya
1964
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
The Night We Danced
1963
Double Wedding
Jiro Okuyama
1963
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Youth After School
Ichirô Hasegawa
1963
The Hidden Profile
1963
Escape from Hell
Yajuro
1963
Sing, Young People!
Keiji Sada
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
Koichi
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Mama, I Need You!
1962
Ballad of a Workman
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
1962
Secret Love
1962
Flower in a Storm
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
京化粧
1961
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Yonesaku Nihei
1961
Immortal Love
Takashi
1961
As the Clouds Scatter
1961
Enraptured
1961
Aoi kairyū
1961
Uzu
1961
Hunting Rifle
Reiichiro Kadota
1961
Late Autumn
Shotaru Goto
1960
Blood Is Dry
Takashi Kiguchi
1960
The Last Trump Card
Shunsuke Tatsuno
1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Saburo Yaoi
1960
Irohanihoheto
1960
Hot Corner Murder
Takayama
1960
朱の花粉
武中究二
1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kageyama Shôi
1959
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen
Kazuo
1959
Umi no Chizu
Tonomura
1959
High Teen
1959
Good Morning
Heiichiro Fukui
1959
Farewell to Spring
Eitarô Makita
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kageyama
1959
People Waiting for Spring
Western-style painter Nishiwaki
1959
The Invisible Wall
1958
Equinox Flower
Masahiko Taniguchi
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Tsurukawa Matsuo
1958
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
Hibi no haishin
1958
Hobo Village
1958
Hanayome no o noroke
Denshichi Kumazawa
1958
Danger Stalks Near
Kaneshige
1957
Shūkin ryokō
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Shiro Arisawa
1957
Monkey Business
Yoshizawa, Diet member
1957
When It Rains, It Pours
Kazuo
1957
A Case of Honor
1957
白磁の人
1957
Typhoon Furor
1956
I Will Buy You
Daisuke Kishimoto
1956
Tears
1956
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956
俺は死なない
1956
Seishun no oto
1956
Fountainhead
1956
Every Day That New Life
1955
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
The Tattered Wings
Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
1955
Beautiful Days
Nakao
1955
The Refugee
Shaochang
1955
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Ryoichi Morita
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
The Glorious Days
1954
Love and Duty
1954
Young Miss Executive
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Always in My Heart
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
Tatsuya
1953
Yassamossa
1953
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tamihiko Kujirai
1951
Freedom School
1951
Carmen Comes Home
Mr. Ogawa
1951
Home Sweet Home
Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
1951
愛情の旋風
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Shinnosuke Koyanagi
1951
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Kohei
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Kobotoke Kohei
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
Goro
1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948
The Portrait
Nakajima
1948
Phoenix
Shinichi Yasaka
1947