Keiji Sada
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1926-12-09 – 1964-08-17
Place of birth: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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
Late Autumn
1960Shotaru Goto
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959Kageyama
Youth After School
1963Ichirô Hasegawa
Equinox Flower
1958Masahiko Taniguchi
Good Morning
1959Heiichiro Fukui
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Flower in a Storm
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
Secret Love
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
1962Koichi
A Japanese Tragedy
1953Tatsuya
Assassination
1964
Here's to the Young Lady
1949Goro
Carmen Comes Home
1951Mr. Ogawa
Immortal Love
1961Takashi
I Will Buy You
1956Daisuke Kishimoto
Phoenix
1947Shinichi Yasaka
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954Ryoichi Morita
Beautiful Days
1955Nakao