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.
98 acting credits
Acting · 98
Life of a Flower
1963
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Good Morning
1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Assassination
1964
Late Autumn
1960
Equinox Flower
1958
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Immortal Love
1961
Farewell to Spring
1959
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
Fountainhead
1956
Typhoon Furor
1956
Brand of Evil
1964
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
The Refugee
1955
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Youth After School
1963
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
Always in My Heart
1953
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Beauty of Life
1951
Sing, Young People!
1963
The Tattered Wings
1955
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
Hobo Village
1958
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Escape from Hell
1963
Secret Love
1962
Irohanihoheto
1960
Freedom School
1951
High Teen
1959
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
I Will Buy You
1956
愛情の旋風
1951
Umi no Chizu
1959
Double Wedding
1963
Yassamossa
1953
Blood Is Dry
1960
Hibi no haishin
1958
A Roaring Trade
1962
Beautiful Days
1955
The Glorious Days
1954
Mama, I Need You!
1962
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960
Doctor's Day Off
1952
As the Clouds Scatter
1961
俺は死なない
1956
Sweet Sweat
1964
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Uzu
1961
Hot Corner Murder
1960
The Portrait
1948
白磁の人
1957
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Danger Stalks Near
1957
Young Miss Executive
1953
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
Shūkin ryokō
1957
Flower in a Storm
1962
The Hidden Profile
1963
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
Enraptured
1961
京化粧
1961
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949
The Last Trump Card
1960
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948
Home Sweet Home
1951
People Waiting for Spring
1959
Hunting Rifle
1961
A Case of Honor
1957
Tears
1956
Ballad of a Workman
1962
The Invisible Wall
1958
Phoenix
1947
Love and Duty
1954
Every Day That New Life
1955
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
Hanayome no o noroke
1958
The Night We Danced
1963
Seishun no oto
1956
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
Monkey Business
1957
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Aoi kairyū
1961
朱の花粉
1960
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954
Dobuike
1963