Keiji Sada
Actor
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.
Filmography
Good Morning
as Heiichiro Fukui 1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kageyama 1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Kageyama Shôi 1959
Late Autumn
as Shotaru Goto 1960
Equinox Flower
as Masahiko Taniguchi 1958
Assassination
1964
Carmen Comes Home
as Mr. Ogawa 1951
Immortal Love
as Takashi 1961
I Will Buy You
as Daisuke Kishimoto 1956
A Japanese Tragedy
as Tatsuya 1953
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Kobotoke Kohei 1949
Blood Is Dry
as Takashi Kiguchi 1960
Here's to the Young Lady
as Goro 1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Kohei 1949
The Tattered Wings
as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law 1955
Danger Stalks Near
as Kaneshige 1957