
Keiji Sada
Acting
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
1964Assassination
1964Brand of Evil
Takazawa Shigeharu
1964Sweet Sweat
Tatsuoka
1964To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Ryosuke Kurumiya
1964Monrō no yōna onna
1963Youth After School
Ichirô Hasegawa
1963Sing, Young People!
Keiji Sada
1963Escape from Hell
Yajuro
1963The Hidden Profile
1963The Night We Danced
1963Double Wedding
Jiro Okuyama
1963The House Where Flowers Bloom
1962Zoku aizen katsura
1962Flower in a Storm
1962A Roaring Trade
1962Secret Love
1962An Autumn Afternoon
Koichi
1962Mama, I Need You!
1962Ballad of a Workman
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
1961Immortal Love
Takashi
1961Uzu
1961With Wife, Children, and Friends
Yonesaku Nihei
1961Hunting Rifle
Reiichiro Kadota
1961As the Clouds Scatter