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Keiji Sada
Actor
Born December 9, 1926Died August 17, 1964 (37 years)
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.
Known For
Keiji Sada Filmography
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama · as Ryosuke Kurumiya |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Escape from Hell · as Yajuro |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon · as Koichi |
| 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 Fukui |
| 1959 | Farewell to Spring · as Eitarô Makita |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love · as Kageyama |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Equinox Flower · as Masahiko Taniguchi |
| 1957 | Danger Stalks Near · as Kaneshige |
| 1957 | Times of Joy and Sorrow · as Shiro Arisawa |
| 1957 | Xiang Gang Dong Jing mi yue lu xing · as Cast |
| 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 | Tôkyô-Honkon mitsugetsu ryokô · as Cast |
| 1955 | |
| 1954 | Somewhere Under the Broad Sky · as Ryoichi Morita |
| 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 Kohei |
| 1949 | Here's to the Young Lady · as Goro |
| 1948 | |
| 1947 | Phoenix · as Shinichi Yasaka |
| 1963 | Sing, Young People! · as Keiji Sada |