- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1926
- Place of Birth
- —
- Died
- August 17, 1964
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.
Filmography
movieSweet Sweat
1964 · Tatsuoka
movieAssassination
1964
movieBrand of Evil
1964 · Takazawa Shigeharu
movieTo Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Ryosuke Kurumiya
movieMonrō no yōna onna
1964
movieThe Night We Danced
1963
movieDobuike
1963 · Sadahiko Kanemitsu
movieDouble Wedding
1963 · Jiro Okuyama
movieThe House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
tvLife of a Flower
1963 · Nagano Shuzen
movieYouth After School
1963 · Ichirô Hasegawa
movieThe Hidden Profile
1963
movieEscape from Hell
1963 · Yajuro
movieSing, Young People!
1963 · Keiji Sada
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Koichi
movieZoku aizen katsura
1962
movieMama, I Need You!
1962
movieBallad of a Workman
1962 · Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
movieSecret Love
1962
movieFlower in a Storm
1962
movieA Roaring Trade
1962
movie京化粧
1961
movieWith Wife, Children, and Friends
1961 · Yonesaku Nihei
movieImmortal Love
1961 · Takashi
movieAs the Clouds Scatter
1961
Enraptured
movieEnraptured
1961
movieAoi kairyū
1961
movieUzu
1961
movieHunting Rifle
1961 · Reiichiro Kadota
movieLate Autumn
1960 · Shotaru Goto
movieBlood Is Dry
1960 · Takashi Kiguchi
movieThe Last Trump Card
1960 · Shunsuke Tatsuno
movieA Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960 · Saburo Yaoi
movieIrohanihoheto
1960
movieHot Corner Murder
1960 · Takayama
movieShu no kafun
1960 · 武中究二
movieThe Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · Kageyama Shôi
movieTokyo Omnibus
1959
movieAkatsuki no chiheisen
1959 · Kazuo
movieUmi no Chizu
1959 · Tonomura
movieHigh Teen
1959
movieGood Morning
1959 · Heiichiro Fukui
movieFarewell to Spring
1959 · Eitarô Makita
movieThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Kageyama
moviePeople Waiting for Spring
1959 · Western-style painter Nishiwaki
movieThe Invisible Wall
1958
movieEquinox Flower
1958 · Masahiko Taniguchi
movieModan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958 · Tsurukawa Matsuo
movieWhirlpool of Flowers
1958
movieHibi no haishin
1958
Hobo Village
movieHobo Village
1958
movieHanayome no o noroke
1958 · Denshichi Kumazawa
movieDanger Stalks Near
1957 · Kaneshige
movieShūkin ryokō
1957
movieTimes of Joy and Sorrow
1957 · Shiro Arisawa
movieMonkey Business
1957 · Yoshizawa, Diet member
movieWhen It Rains, It Pours
1957 · Kazuo
movieA Case of Honor
1957
movie白磁の人
1957
movieTyphoon Furor
1956
movieI Will Buy You
1956 · Daisuke Kishimoto
movieTears
1956
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
movieShochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956
movie俺は死なない
1956
movieSeishun no oto
1956
movieFountainhead
1956
movieEvery Day That New Life
1955
Bride in the Kitchen
movieBride in the Kitchen
1955
movieThe Tattered Wings
1955 · Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
movieBeautiful Days
1955 · Nakao
movieThe Refugee
1955 · Shaochang
movieSomewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954 · Ryoichi Morita
movie新婚たくあん夫婦
1954 · 目白三平
movieAlways in My Heart Part 3
1954
movieThe Glorious Days
1954
movieLove and Duty
1954
movieYoung Miss Executive
1953
movieAlways in My Heart Part 2
1953
movieAlways in My Heart
1953
movieA Japanese Tragedy
1953 · Tatsuya
movieYassamossa
1953
movieHibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
movieDoctor's Day Off
1952
movieBeauty of Life
1951
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Tamihiko Kujirai
movieFreedom School
1951
movieCarmen Comes Home
1951 · Mr. Ogawa
movieHome Sweet Home
1951 · Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
愛情の旋風
movie愛情の旋風
1951
movieThe Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 · Shinnosuke Koyanagi
movieSlope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949
movieYotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949 · Kohei
movieYotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949 · Kobotoke Kohei
movieHere's to the Young Lady
1949 · Goro
movieSlope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949
movieSlope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948
movieThe Portrait
1948 · Nakajima
moviePhoenix
1947 · Shinichi Yasaka