Keiji Sada
Actor
- Born
- December 9, 1926
- Died
- August 17, 1964 (age 37)
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
An Autumn Afternoon
November 18, 1962
Good Morning
May 12, 1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
January 15, 1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
November 20, 1959
Late Autumn
November 13, 1960
Equinox Flower
September 7, 1958
Assassination
July 4, 1964
Carmen Comes Home
March 21, 1951
Immortal Love
September 16, 1961
I Will Buy You
November 21, 1956
A Japanese Tragedy
June 17, 1953
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
July 5, 1949
Acting98
- 1964Sweet Sweat as Tatsuoka
- 1964Assassination
- 1964Brand of Evil as Takazawa Shigeharu
- 1964To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 as Ryosuke Kurumiya
- 1964Monrō no yōna onna
- 1963The Night We Danced
- 1963Dobuike as Sadahiko Kanemitsu
- 1963Double Wedding as Jiro Okuyama
- 1963The House Where Flowers Bloom
- 1963Youth After School as Ichirô Hasegawa
- 1963