Keiji Sada
Acting · Born 1926-12-09 · age 37 at death
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.
Titles
An Autumn Afternoon
Good Morning
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Late Autumn
Equinox Flower
Assassination
Carmen Comes Home
Immortal Love
I Will Buy You
A Japanese Tragedy
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Blood Is Dry
Here's to the Young Lady
The Tattered Wings
Danger Stalks Near
Farewell to Spring
Fountainhead
Beautiful Days
Phoenix
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Ballad of a Workman
Fireworks Over the Sea
Escape from Hell
The Portrait
Home Sweet Home
Sing, Young People!
As the Clouds Scatter
Always in My Heart
Doctor's Day Off
Always in My Heart Part 2
Sweet Sweat
Brand of Evil
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Hunting Rifle
Life of a Flower
The Hidden Profile
Typhoon Furor
Beauty of Life
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Young Miss Executive
Seishun no oto
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Yassamossa
Freedom School
Always in My Heart Part 3
The Night We Danced
When It Rains, It Pours
Youth After School
Zoku aizen katsura
Flower in a Storm
A Roaring Trade
Secret Love
白磁の人
俺は死なない
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Mama, I Need You!
Irohanihoheto
Uzu