Biography
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.
Acted in 94
1960s
- 1964
Sweet Sweat
Tatsuoka
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Shigeharu
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Ryosuke Kurumiya
- 1963
The Night We Danced
Movie
Dobuike
Sadahiko Kanemitsu
Double Wedding
Jiro Okuyama
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Movie
Youth After School
Ichirô Hasegawa
Escape from Hell
Yajuro
- 1962
Zoku aizen katsura
Movie
Mama, I Need You!
Movie
Secret Love
Movie
Flower in a Storm
Movie
A Roaring Trade
Movie
- 1961
京化粧
Movie
As the Clouds Scatter
Yoshimi Misaki
- 1960
Irohanihoheto
Movie
Hot Corner Murder
Takayama
Shu no kafun
武中究二
1950s
- 1959
Tokyo Omnibus
Movie
Akatsuki no chiheisen
Kazuo
Umi no Chizu
Tonomura
High Teen
Movie
People Waiting for Spring
Western-style painter Nishiwaki
- 1958
The Invisible Wall
Movie
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Tsurukawa Matsuo
Whirlpool of Flowers
Movie
Hibi no haishin
Movie
Hanayome no o noroke
Denshichi Kumazawa
- 1957
Shūkin ryokō
Movie
Monkey Business
Yoshizawa, Diet member
A Case of Honor
Movie
- 1956
Typhoon Furor
Movie
俺は死なない
Movie
Sound of Youth
Movie
Fountainhead
Movie
- 1955
The Tattered Wings
Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
Beautiful Days
Nakao
The Refugee
Shaochang
- 1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie
The Glorious Days
Movie
Love and Duty
Movie
- 1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie
A Japanese Tragedy
Tatsuya
Yassamossa
Movie
- 1952
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Movie
- 1951
Beauty of Life
Movie
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tamihiko Kujirai
An Angel Dreams Too
Movie
Freedom School
Movie
Home Sweet Home
Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Shinnosuke Koyanagi
1940s
- 1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
Movie
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Kobotoke Kohei
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
Movie
- 1948
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
Movie
- 1947
