Acting
Keiji Sada
Born 1926-12-09
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Keiji Sada
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An Autumn Afternoon
1962
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Good Morning
1959
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
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Late Autumn
1960
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Equinox Flower
1958
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Assassination
1964
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Carmen Comes Home
1951
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Immortal Love
1961
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I Will Buy You
1956
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (99 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sweet Sweat | Tatsuoka | Movie | 1964 |
 | Assassination | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Brand of Evil | Takazawa Shigeharu | Movie | 1964 |
 | To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 | Ryosuke Kurumiya | Movie | 1964 |
 | Monrō no yōna onna | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Night We Danced | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Dobuike | Sadahiko Kanemitsu | Movie | 1963 |
 | Double Wedding | Jiro Okuyama | Movie | 1963 |
 | The House Where Flowers Bloom | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Life of a Flower | Nagano Shuzen | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Youth After School | Ichirô Hasegawa | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Hidden Profile | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Escape from Hell | Yajuro | Movie | 1963 |
 | Sing, Young People! | Keiji Sada | Movie | 1963 |
 | An Autumn Afternoon | Koichi | Movie | 1962 |
 | Zoku aizen katsura | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Mama, I Need You! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Ballad of a Workman | Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband | Movie | 1962 |
 | Secret Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Flower in a Storm | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | A Roaring Trade | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | 京化粧 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | With Wife, Children, and Friends | Yonesaku Nihei | Movie | 1961 |
 | Immortal Love | Takashi | Movie | 1961 |
 | As the Clouds Scatter | Yoshimi Misaki | Movie | 1961 |
| Enraptured | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
 | Aoi kairyū | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Uzu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Hunting Rifle | Reiichiro Kadota | Movie | 1961 |
 | Late Autumn | Shotaru Goto | Movie | 1960 |
 | Blood Is Dry | Takashi Kiguchi | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Last Trump Card | Shunsuke Tatsuno | Movie | 1960 |
 | A Woman’s Uphill Slope | Saburo Yaoi | Movie | 1960 |
 | Irohanihoheto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Hot Corner Murder | Takayama | Movie | 1960 |
 | Shu no kafun | 武中究二 | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity | Kageyama Shôi | Movie | 1959 |
 | Tokyo Omnibus | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Akatsuki no chiheisen | Kazuo | Movie | 1959 |
 | Umi no Chizu | Tonomura | Movie | 1959 |
 | High Teen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Good Morning | Heiichiro Fukui | Movie | 1959 |
 | Farewell to Spring | Eitarô Makita | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Kageyama | Movie | 1959 |
 | People Waiting for Spring | Western-style painter Nishiwaki | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Invisible Wall | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Equinox Flower | Masahiko Taniguchi | Movie | 1958 |
 | Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi | Tsurukawa Matsuo | Movie | 1958 |
 | Whirlpool of Flowers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Hibi no haishin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
| Hobo Village | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 | |
 | Hanayome no o noroke | Denshichi Kumazawa | Movie | 1958 |
 | Danger Stalks Near | Kaneshige | Movie | 1957 |
 | Shūkin ryokō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Times of Joy and Sorrow | Shiro Arisawa | Movie | 1957 |
 | Monkey Business | Yoshizawa, Diet member | Movie | 1957 |
 | When It Rains, It Pours | Kazuo | Movie | 1957 |
 | A Case of Honor | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Hakuji no hito | Goto | Movie | 1957 |
 | Typhoon Furor | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | I Will Buy You | Daisuke Kishimoto | Movie | 1956 |
 | Tears | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
| Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 | |
 | 俺は死なない | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Sound of Youth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Fountainhead | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Every Day That New Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
| Bride in the Kitchen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 | |
 | The Tattered Wings | Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law | Movie | 1955 |
 | Beautiful Days | Nakao | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Refugee | Shaochang | Movie | 1955 |
 | Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky | Ryoichi Morita | Movie | 1954 |
 | 新婚たくあん夫婦 | 目白三平 | Movie | 1954 |
 | Always in My Heart Part 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Glorious Days | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Love and Duty | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Young Miss Executive | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Always in My Heart Part 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Always in My Heart | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | A Japanese Tragedy | Tatsuya | Movie | 1953 |
 | Yassamossa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Doctor's Day Off | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Beauty of Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tamihiko Kujirai | Movie | 1951 |
 | An Angel Dreams Too | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Freedom School | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Carmen Comes Home | Mr. Ogawa | Movie | 1951 |
 | Home Sweet Home | Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend | Movie | 1951 |
| 愛情の旋風 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 | |
 | The Inner Palace Conspiracy | Shinnosuke Koyanagi | Movie | 1951 |
 | Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 | Kohei | Movie | 1949 |
| Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 | Kobotoke Kohei | Movie | 1949 |
 | Here's to the Young Lady | Goro | Movie | 1949 |
 | Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Portrait | Nakajima | Movie | 1948 |
 | Phoenix | Shinichi Yasaka | Movie | 1947 |