Keiji Sada
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9. december 1926 — 17. august 1964 (37 år)
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.
Sada was killed in a car crash in 1964. His wife and children were unharmed. He was 37.
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Filmography
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama · as Ryosuke Kurumiya |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Escape from Hell · as Yajuro |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon · as KoichiPå Plex |
| 1962 | Ballad of a Worker · as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's Husband |
| 1961 | Immortal Love · as Takashi |
| 1961 | Hunting Rifle · as Reiichiro Kadota |
| 1960 | Late Autumn · as Shotaru Goto |
| 1960 | Blood Is Dry · as Takashi Kiguchi |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity · as Kageyama Shôi |
| 1959 | Good Morning · as Heiichiro FukuiPå Plex |
| 1959 | Farewell to Spring · as Eitarô Makita |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love · as Kageyama |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Equinox Flower · as Masahiko TaniguchiPå Plex |
| 1957 | Danger Stalks Near · as Kaneshige |
| 1957 | Times of Joy and Sorrow · as Shiro Arisawa |
| 1957 | When It Rains, It Pours · as Kazuo |
| 1956 | I Will Buy You · as Daisuke Kishimoto |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | The Tattered Wings · as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's Brother-In-Law |
| 1955 | Beautiful Days · as Nakao |
| 1954 | Somewhere Under the Broad Sky · as Ryoichi Morita |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | A Japanese Tragedy · as Tatsuya |
| 1952 | |
| 1951 | Fireworks Over the Sea · as Tamihiko Kujirai |
| 1951 | Carmen Comes Home · as Mr. Ogawa |
| 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part II · as Kohei |
| 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I · as Kobotoke KoheiPå Plex |
| 1949 | Here's to the Young Lady · as Goro |
| 1948 | The Portrait · as Nakajima |
| 1947 | Phoenix · as Shinichi Yasaka |
| 1963 | Sing, Young People! · as Keiji Sada |
| 1962 | The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay · as Planner |