Keiji Sada

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Age

Movies

Born: December 9, 1926 – August 17, 1964

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.

Works

98 films

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

19598.1

An Autumn Afternoon

19627.9

Ballad of a Workman

19626.1

Good Morning

19597.7

The Night We Danced

19637.0

The Invisible Wall

1958

When It Rains, It Pours

19576.0

Hunting Rifle

19618.0

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

19598.2

Equinox Flower

19587.4

Home Sweet Home

19516.8

Late Autumn

19607.7

Phoenix

19476.4

Enraptured

1961

Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress

1956

Tears

1956

A Japanese Tragedy

19535.8

Hanayome no o noroke

1958

Assassination

19647.1

Shu no kafun

1960

Times of Joy and Sorrow

19579.0

An Angel Dreams Too

1951

Immortal Love

19617.4

Mama, I Need You!

1962

Love and Duty

1954

Aoi kairyū

1961

Always in My Heart

19536.8

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

19496.6

Sound of Youth

19569.0

A Case of Honor

1957

Here's to the Young Lady

19496.8

新婚たくあん夫婦

1954

Fireworks Over the Sea

19515.4

Dobuike

1963

Fountainhead

19566.0

I Will Buy You

19567.1

Always in My Heart Part 3

19547.0

High Teen

1959

Brand of Evil

19647.7

Always in My Heart Part 2

19536.5

The Hidden Profile

19636.0

Beautiful Days

19556.8

Bride in the Kitchen

1955

The Tattered Wings

19556.2

Carmen Comes Home

19516.3

Monkey Business

1957

Whirlpool of Flowers

1958

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

19496.6

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

1964

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

19518.0

Farewell to Spring

19596.3

Umi no Chizu

1959

Typhoon Furor

195610.0

Every Day That New Life

1955

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

19546.6

Young Miss Executive

19539.0

Doctor's Day Off

19526.8

Sing, Young People!

19636.2

The Portrait

19486.7

Sweet Sweat

19648.3

Danger Stalks Near

19575.5

The House Where Flowers Bloom

1963

Double Wedding

1963

Tokyo Omnibus

1959

Youth After School

1963

Blood Is Dry

19606.3

The Refugee

1955

Yassamossa

19538.0

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

19609.0

Hot Corner Murder

1960

Uzu

1961

The Last Trump Card

1960

Escape from Hell

19636.8

A Roaring Trade

1962

Akatsuki no chiheisen

1959

Beauty of Life

195110.0

Freedom School

19517.0

Irohanihoheto

1960

Hobo Village

1958

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

1958

The Glorious Days

1954

As the Clouds Scatter

19616.0

People Waiting for Spring

1959

俺は死なない

1956

京化粧

1961

愛情の旋風

1951

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

1948

Secret Love

1962

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume

1949

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

1952

With Wife, Children, and Friends

1961

Hibi no haishin

1958

白磁の人

1957

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

1949

Zoku aizen katsura

1962

Monrō no yōna onna

1964

Shūkin ryokō

1957

Flower in a Storm

1962