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
Top 40 Movies
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Hibi no haishin
1958
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Good Morning
1959
Equinox Flower
1958
最後の切札
1960
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949
Blood Is Dry
1960
Young Miss Executive
1953
Irohanihoheto
1960
Brand of Evil
1964
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
Always in My Heart
1953
High Teen
1959
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
Yassamossa
1953
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949
Danger Stalks Near
1957
Hot Corner Murder
1960
Typhoon
1956
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Uzu
1961
Immortal Love
1961
Umi no Chizu
1959
The Refugee
1955
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Hidden Profile
1963
Fountainhead
1956
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Freedom School
1951
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
The Glorious Days
1954
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Secret Love
1962
As the Clouds Scatter
1961