Keiji Sada

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.

Acting

1964

1964

Brand of Evil
Movie

Takazawa Shigeharu

1963

1963

Life of a Flower
Tv

Nagano Shuzen

1963

Youth After School
Movie

Ichirô Hasegawa

1963

Youth After School
Movie

Ichirô Hasegawa

1963

Youth After School
Movie

Ichirô Hasegawa

1963

Youth After School
Movie

Ichirô Hasegawa

1961

1961

1960

Late Autumn
Movie

Shotaru Goto

1960

Blood Is Dry
Movie

Takashi Kiguchi

1960

The Last Trump Card
Movie

Shunsuke Tatsuno

1960

朱の花粉
Movie

武中究二

1959

Good Morning
Movie

Heiichiro Fukui

1959

1959

People Waiting for Spring
Movie

Western-style painter Nishiwaki

1958

Equinox Flower
Movie

Masahiko Taniguchi

1958

Hanayome no o noroke
Movie

Denshichi Kumazawa

1957

Monkey Business
Movie

Yoshizawa, Diet member

1956

I Will Buy You
Movie

Daisuke Kishimoto

1956

Tears
Movie

Unknown

1955

The Tattered Wings
Movie

Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law

1955

1951

1951

1948

1947

Phoenix
Movie

Shinichi Yasaka

Infos

Full Name
Keiji Sada
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
12/9/1926
Date of Death
8/17/1964