Keiji Sada

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Acting

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

• Sweet Sweat (1964)
• Assassination (1964)
• Brand of Evil (1964)
• To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)
• Monrō no yōna onna (1964)
• The Night We Danced (1963)
• Dobuike (1963)
• Double Wedding (1963)
• The House Where Flowers Bloom (1963)
• Youth After School (1963)
• The Hidden Profile (1963)
• Escape from Hell (1963)
• Sing, Young People! (1963)
• An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
• Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
• Mama, I Need You! (1962)
• Ballad of a Workman (1962)
• Secret Love (1962)
• Flower in a Storm (1962)
• A Roaring Trade (1962)
• 京化粧 (1961)
• With Wife, Children, and Friends (1961)
• Immortal Love (1961)
• As the Clouds Scatter (1961)
• Enraptured (1961)
• Aoi kairyū (1961)
• Uzu (1961)
• Hunting Rifle (1961)
• Late Autumn (1960)
• Blood Is Dry (1960)
• The Last Trump Card (1960)
• A Woman’s Uphill Slope (1960)
• Irohanihoheto (1960)
• Hot Corner Murder (1960)
• Shu no kafun (1960)
• The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
• Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
• Akatsuki no chiheisen (1959)
• Umi no Chizu (1959)
• High Teen (1959)
• Good Morning (1959)
• Farewell to Spring (1959)
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
• People Waiting for Spring (1959)
• The Invisible Wall (1958)
• Equinox Flower (1958)
• Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi (1958)
• Whirlpool of Flowers (1958)
• Hibi no haishin (1958)
• Hobo Village (1958)
• Hanayome no o noroke (1958)
• Danger Stalks Near (1957)
• Shūkin ryokō (1957)
• Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)
• Monkey Business (1957)
• When It Rains, It Pours (1957)
• A Case of Honor (1957)
• Hakuji no hito (1957)
• Typhoon Furor (1956)
• I Will Buy You (1956)
• Tears (1956)
• Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress (1956)
• 俺は死なない (1956)
• Sound of Youth (1956)
• Fountainhead (1956)
• Every Day That New Life (1955)
• Bride in the Kitchen (1955)
• The Tattered Wings (1955)
• Beautiful Days (1955)
• The Refugee (1955)
• Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
• 新婚たくあん夫婦 (1954)
• Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
• The Glorious Days (1954)
• Love and Duty (1954)
• Young Miss Executive (1953)
• Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
• Always in My Heart (1953)
• A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
• Yassamossa (1953)
• Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove (1952)
• Doctor's Day Off (1952)
• Beauty of Life (1951)
• Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
• An Angel Dreams Too (1951)
• Freedom School (1951)
• Carmen Comes Home (1951)
• Home Sweet Home (1951)
• 愛情の旋風 (1951)
• The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951)
• Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume (1949)
• Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
• Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
• Here's to the Young Lady (1949)
• Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume (1949)
• Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume (1948)
• The Portrait (1948)
• Phoenix (1947)