Keiji Sada
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-12-09
Day of Death
1964-08-17 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Keiji Sada
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
Acting
(1964)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Ryosuke Kurumiya
(1964)
Sweet Sweat
as Tatsuoka
(1964)
Brand of Evil
as Takazawa Shigeharu
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
Sing, Young People!
as Keiji Sada
(1963)
Double Wedding
as Jiro Okuyama
(1963)
Escape from Hell
as Yajuro
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Youth After School
as Ichirô Hasegawa
(1962)
An Autumn Afternoon
as Koichi
(1962)
Ballad of a Workman
as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Immortal Love
as Takashi
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
With Wife, Children, and Friends
as Yonesaku Nihei
(1961)
(1961)
Hunting Rifle
as Reiichiro Kadota
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
Late Autumn
as Shotaru Goto
(1960)
Blood Is Dry
as Takashi Kiguchi
(1960)
(1960)
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
as Saburo Yaoi
(1960)
Hot Corner Murder
as Takayama
(1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kageyama
(1959)
Good Morning
as Heiichiro Fukui
(1959)
(1959)
Farewell to Spring
as Eitarô Makita
(1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Kageyama Shôi
(1959)
Akatsuki no chiheisen
as Kazuo
(1959)
Umi no Chizu
as Tonomura
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
as Tsurukawa Matsuo
(1958)
Equinox Flower
as Masahiko Taniguchi
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Danger Stalks Near
as Kaneshige
(1957)
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Shiro Arisawa
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
When It Rains, It Pours
as Kazuo
(1957)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
I Will Buy You
as Daisuke Kishimoto
(1956)
(1955)
The Tattered Wings
as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
(1955)
(1955)
The Refugee
as Shaochang
(1954)
(1954)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Ryoichi Morita
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
A Japanese Tragedy
as Tatsuya
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
(1952)
(1951)
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tamihiko Kujirai
(1951)
Home Sweet Home
as Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
(1951)
Carmen Comes Home
as Mr. Ogawa
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Shinnosuke Koyanagi
(1951)
(1949)
Here's to the Young Lady
as Goro
(1949)
(1949)
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Kohei
(1949)
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Kobotoke Kohei
(1949)
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
Phoenix
as Shinichi Yasaka