Keiji Sada

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

December 9, 1926

died

August 17, 1964

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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A Woman’s Uphill Slope
9.0

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

1960as Saburo Yaoi
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.1

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959as Kageyama
Good Morning
7.7

Good Morning

1959as Heiichiro Fukui
An Autumn Afternoon
7.9

An Autumn Afternoon

1962as Koichi
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.2

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959as Kageyama Shôi
A Japanese Tragedy
5.8

A Japanese Tragedy

1953as Tatsuya
Late Autumn
7.7

Late Autumn

1960as Shotaru Goto
Equinox Flower
7.4

Equinox Flower

1958as Masahiko Taniguchi
Sing, Young People!
6.2

Sing, Young People!

1963as Keiji Sada
Zoku aizen katsura

Zoku aizen katsura

1962
Immortal Love
7.4

Immortal Love

1961as Takashi
Beautiful Days
6.8

Beautiful Days

1955as Nakao
Fountainhead
6.0

Fountainhead

1956
Assassination
7.1

Assassination

1964
Brand of Evil
7.7

Brand of Evil

1964as Takazawa Shigeharu
Tokyo Omnibus

Tokyo Omnibus

1959
Sweet Sweat
8.3

Sweet Sweat

1964as Tatsuoka
俺は死なない

俺は死なない

1956
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
6.6

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

1954as Ryoichi Morita
Always in My Heart Part 3
7.0

Always in My Heart Part 3

1954
Farewell to Spring
6.3

Farewell to Spring

1959as Eitarô Makita
Times of Joy and Sorrow
9.0

Times of Joy and Sorrow

1957as Shiro Arisawa
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
8.0

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

1951as Shinnosuke Koyanagi
Carmen Comes Home
6.3

Carmen Comes Home

1951as Mr. Ogawa
Youth After School

Youth After School

1963as Ichirô Hasegawa
Always in My Heart
6.8

Always in My Heart

1953
The Portrait
6.7

The Portrait

1948as Nakajima
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
6.6

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949as Kobotoke Kohei
Always in My Heart Part 2
6.5

Always in My Heart Part 2

1953
Blood Is Dry
6.3

Blood Is Dry

1960as Takashi Kiguchi
Mama, I Need You!

Mama, I Need You!

1962
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
6.6

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949as Kohei
With Wife, Children, and Friends

With Wife, Children, and Friends

1961as Yonesaku Nihei
Young Miss Executive
9.0

Young Miss Executive

1953
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

1964as Ryosuke Kurumiya
Escape from Hell
6.8

Escape from Hell

1963as Yajuro
High Teen

High Teen

1959
Yassamossa
8.0

Yassamossa

1953
A Roaring Trade

A Roaring Trade

1962
Hot Corner Murder

Hot Corner Murder

1960as Takayama
Fireworks Over the Sea
5.4

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951as Tamihiko Kujirai
The Refugee

The Refugee

1955as Shaochang
Beauty of Life
10.0

Beauty of Life

1951
Double Wedding

Double Wedding

1963as Jiro Okuyama
Freedom School
7.0

Freedom School

1951
Ballad of a Workman
6.1

Ballad of a Workman

1962as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Doctor's Day Off
6.8

Doctor's Day Off

1952
The Glorious Days

The Glorious Days

1954
As the Clouds Scatter
6.0

As the Clouds Scatter

1961
Monrō no yōna onna

Monrō no yōna onna

1964