Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Known for
Acting
Born
December 9, 1926
Died
August 17, 1964 (aged 37)

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.

Known For

Filmography

1964
Assassination poster

Assassination

Movie

1964
Brand of Evil poster

Brand of Evil

Movie · as Takazawa Shigeharu

1964
Sweet Sweat poster

Sweet Sweat

Movie · as Tatsuoka

1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 poster

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

Movie · as Ryosuke Kurumiya

1964
Monrō no yōna onna poster

Monrō no yōna onna

Movie

1963
Youth After School poster

Youth After School

Movie · as Ichirô Hasegawa

1963
Sing, Young People! poster

Sing, Young People!

Movie · as Keiji Sada

1963
Escape from Hell poster

Escape from Hell

Movie · as Yajuro

1963
The Hidden Profile poster

The Hidden Profile

Movie

1963
The Night We Danced poster

The Night We Danced

Movie

1963
Double Wedding poster

Double Wedding

Movie · as Jiro Okuyama

1963
The House Where Flowers Bloom poster

The House Where Flowers Bloom

Movie

1963
Dobuike poster

Dobuike

Movie · as Sadahiko Kanemitsu

1963
Life of a Flower poster

Life of a Flower

TV · as Nagano Shuzen · 39 eps

1962
Zoku aizen katsura poster

Zoku aizen katsura

Movie

1962
Flower in a Storm poster

Flower in a Storm

Movie

1962
A Roaring Trade poster

A Roaring Trade

Movie

1962
Secret Love poster

Secret Love

Movie

1962
An Autumn Afternoon poster

An Autumn Afternoon

Movie · as Koichi

1962
Mama, I Need You! poster

Mama, I Need You!

Movie

1962
Ballad of a Workman poster

Ballad of a Workman

Movie · as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband

1961
Immortal Love poster

Immortal Love

Movie · as Takashi

1961
Uzu poster

Uzu

Movie

1961
With Wife, Children, and Friends poster

With Wife, Children, and Friends

Movie · as Yonesaku Nihei

1961
Hunting Rifle poster

Hunting Rifle

Movie · as Reiichiro Kadota

1961
Enraptured

Enraptured

Movie

1961
As the Clouds Scatter poster

As the Clouds Scatter

Movie · as Yoshimi Misaki

1961
京化粧 poster

京化粧

Movie

1961
Aoi kairyū poster

Aoi kairyū

Movie

1960
Late Autumn poster

Late Autumn

Movie · as Shotaru Goto

1960
Blood Is Dry poster

Blood Is Dry

Movie · as Takashi Kiguchi

1960
Irohanihoheto poster

Irohanihoheto

Movie

1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope poster

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

Movie · as Saburo Yaoi

1960
Hot Corner Murder poster

Hot Corner Murder

Movie · as Takayama

1960
The Last Trump Card poster

The Last Trump Card

Movie · as Shunsuke Tatsuno

1960
Shu no kafun poster

Shu no kafun

Movie · as 武中究二

1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love poster

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Movie · as Kageyama

1959
Good Morning poster

Good Morning

Movie · as Heiichiro Fukui

1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity poster

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Movie · as Kageyama Shôi

1959
Farewell to Spring poster

Farewell to Spring

Movie · as Eitarô Makita

1959
High Teen poster

High Teen

Movie

1959
Tokyo Omnibus poster

Tokyo Omnibus

Movie

1959
Umi no Chizu poster

Umi no Chizu

Movie · as Tonomura

1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen poster

Akatsuki no chiheisen

Movie · as Kazuo

1959
People Waiting for Spring poster

People Waiting for Spring

Movie · as Western-style painter Nishiwaki

1958
Equinox Flower poster

Equinox Flower

Movie · as Masahiko Taniguchi

1958
Hobo Village

Hobo Village

Movie

1958
The Invisible Wall poster

The Invisible Wall

Movie

1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi poster

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

Movie · as Tsurukawa Matsuo

1958
Hibi no haishin poster

Hibi no haishin

Movie

1958
Hanayome no o noroke poster

Hanayome no o noroke

Movie · as Denshichi Kumazawa

1958
Whirlpool of Flowers poster

Whirlpool of Flowers

Movie

1957
Danger Stalks Near poster

Danger Stalks Near

Movie · as Kaneshige

1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow poster

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Movie · as Shiro Arisawa

1957
Hakuji no hito poster

Hakuji no hito

Movie · as Goto

1957
When It Rains, It Pours poster

When It Rains, It Pours

Movie · as Kazuo

1957
A Case of Honor poster

A Case of Honor

Movie

1957
Shūkin ryokō poster

Shūkin ryokō

Movie

1957
Monkey Business poster

Monkey Business

Movie · as Yoshizawa, Diet member

1956
I Will Buy You poster

I Will Buy You

Movie · as Daisuke Kishimoto

1956
俺は死なない poster

俺は死なない

Movie

1956
Fountainhead poster

Fountainhead

Movie

1956
Tears poster

Tears

Movie

1956
Typhoon Furor poster

Typhoon Furor

Movie

1956
Sound of Youth poster

Sound of Youth

Movie

1956
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress

Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress

Movie

1955
Beautiful Days poster

Beautiful Days

Movie · as Nakao

1955
The Tattered Wings poster

The Tattered Wings

Movie · as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law

1955
The Refugee poster

The Refugee

Movie · as Shaochang

1955
Bride in the Kitchen

Bride in the Kitchen

Movie

1955
Every Day That New Life poster

Every Day That New Life

Movie

1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky poster

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Movie · as Ryoichi Morita

1954
Always in My Heart Part 3 poster

Always in My Heart Part 3

Movie

1954
Love and Duty poster

Love and Duty

Movie

1954
The Glorious Days poster

The Glorious Days

Movie

1954
新婚たくあん夫婦 poster

新婚たくあん夫婦

Movie · as 目白三平

1953
A Japanese Tragedy poster

A Japanese Tragedy

Movie · as Tatsuya

1953
Always in My Heart poster

Always in My Heart

Movie

1953
Always in My Heart Part 2 poster

Always in My Heart Part 2

Movie

1953
Young Miss Executive poster

Young Miss Executive

Movie

1953
Yassamossa poster

Yassamossa

Movie

1952
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove poster

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

Movie

1952
Doctor's Day Off poster

Doctor's Day Off

Movie

1951
Carmen Comes Home poster

Carmen Comes Home

Movie · as Mr. Ogawa

1951
愛情の旋風

愛情の旋風

Movie

1951
Home Sweet Home poster

Home Sweet Home

Movie · as Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend

1951
Freedom School poster

Freedom School

Movie

1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy poster

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

Movie · as Shinnosuke Koyanagi

1951
Fireworks Over the Sea poster

Fireworks Over the Sea

Movie · as Tamihiko Kujirai

1951
Beauty of Life poster

Beauty of Life

Movie

1951
An Angel Dreams Too poster

An Angel Dreams Too

Movie

1949
Here's to the Young Lady poster

Here's to the Young Lady

Movie · as Goro

1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 poster

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Movie · as Kobotoke Kohei

1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 poster

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Movie · as Kohei

1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume poster

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

Movie

1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume poster

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume

Movie

1948
The Portrait poster

The Portrait

Movie · as Nakajima

1948
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume poster

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

Movie

1947
Phoenix poster

Phoenix

Movie · as Shinichi Yasaka