Keiji Sada
Acting
1926-12-09
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.
Filmography
Sweet Sweat
1964 · Movie
Assassination
1964 · Movie
Brand of Evil
1964 · Movie
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Movie
Monrō no yōna onna
1964 · Movie
The Night We Danced
1963 · Movie
Dobuike
1963 · Movie
Double Wedding
1963 · Movie
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963 · Movie
Life of a Flower
1963 · Series
Youth After School
1963 · Movie
The Hidden Profile
1963 · Movie
Escape from Hell
1963 · Movie
Sing, Young People!
1963 · Movie
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Movie
Zoku aizen katsura
1962 · Movie
Mama, I Need You!
1962 · Movie
Ballad of a Workman
1962 · Movie
Secret Love
1962 · Movie
Flower in a Storm
1962 · Movie
A Roaring Trade
1962 · Movie
京化粧
1961 · Movie
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961 · Movie
Immortal Love
1961 · Movie
As the Clouds Scatter
1961 · Movie
Enraptured
1961 · Movie
Aoi kairyū
1961 · Movie
Uzu
1961 · Movie
Hunting Rifle
1961 · Movie
Late Autumn
1960 · Movie
Blood Is Dry
1960 · Movie
The Last Trump Card
1960 · Movie
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960 · Movie
Irohanihoheto
1960 · Movie
Hot Corner Murder
1960 · Movie
Shu no kafun
1960 · Movie
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · Movie
Tokyo Omnibus
1959 · Movie
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959 · Movie
Umi no Chizu
1959 · Movie
High Teen
1959 · Movie
Good Morning
1959 · Movie
Farewell to Spring
1959 · Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Movie
People Waiting for Spring
1959 · Movie
The Invisible Wall
1958 · Movie
Equinox Flower
1958 · Movie
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958 · Movie
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958 · Movie
Hibi no haishin
1958 · Movie
Hobo Village
1958 · Movie
Hanayome no o noroke
1958 · Movie
Danger Stalks Near
1957 · Movie
Shūkin ryokō
1957 · Movie
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957 · Movie
Monkey Business
1957 · Movie
When It Rains, It Pours
1957 · Movie
A Case of Honor
1957 · Movie
Hakuji no hito
1957 · Movie
Typhoon Furor
1956 · Movie
I Will Buy You
1956 · Movie
Tears
1956 · Movie
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956 · Movie
俺は死なない
1956 · Movie
Sound of Youth
1956 · Movie
Fountainhead
1956 · Movie
Every Day That New Life
1955 · Movie
Bride in the Kitchen
1955 · Movie
The Tattered Wings
1955 · Movie
Beautiful Days
1955 · Movie
The Refugee
1955 · Movie
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954 · Movie
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954 · Movie
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954 · Movie
The Glorious Days
1954 · Movie
Love and Duty
1954 · Movie
Young Miss Executive
1953 · Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953 · Movie
Always in My Heart
1953 · Movie
A Japanese Tragedy
1953 · Movie
Yassamossa
1953 · Movie
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952 · Movie
Doctor's Day Off
1952 · Movie
Beauty of Life
1951 · Movie
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Movie
An Angel Dreams Too
1951 · Movie
Freedom School
1951 · Movie
Home Sweet Home
1951 · Movie
Carmen Comes Home
1951 · Movie
愛情の旋風
1951 · Movie
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 · Movie
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949 · Movie
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949 · Movie
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949 · Movie
Here's to the Young Lady
1949 · Movie
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949 · Movie
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948 · Movie
The Portrait
1948 · Movie
Phoenix
1947 · Movie