Keiji Sada

Cast

Keiji Sada

Acting

Known for

Acting

Born

1926-12-09

Died

1964-08-17

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.

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.1
MOVIE1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Kageyama

Good Morning
7.7
MOVIE1959

Good Morning

as Heiichiro Fukui

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.2
MOVIE1959

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

as Kageyama Shôi

An Autumn Afternoon
7.9
MOVIE1962

An Autumn Afternoon

as Koichi

Late Autumn
7.7
MOVIE1960

Late Autumn

as Shotaru Goto

Farewell to Spring
6.3
MOVIE1959

Farewell to Spring

as Eitarô Makita

Equinox Flower
7.4
MOVIE1958

Equinox Flower

as Masahiko Taniguchi

Assassination
7.2
MOVIE1964

Assassination

新婚たくあん夫婦
MOVIE1954

新婚たくあん夫婦

as 目白三平

Immortal Love
7.4
MOVIE1961

Immortal Love

as Takashi

Always in My Heart
6.8
MOVIE1953

Always in My Heart

Fountainhead
6.0
MOVIE1956

Fountainhead

Young Miss Executive
9.0
MOVIE1953

Young Miss Executive

Hunting Rifle
8.0
MOVIE1961

Hunting Rifle

as Reiichiro Kadota

Ballad of a Workman
6.1
MOVIE1962

Ballad of a Workman

as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband

I Will Buy You
7.1
MOVIE1956

I Will Buy You

as Daisuke Kishimoto

Here's to the Young Lady
6.8
MOVIE1949

Here's to the Young Lady

as Goro

A Japanese Tragedy
5.8
MOVIE1953

A Japanese Tragedy

as Tatsuya

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
6.6
MOVIE1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

as Kobotoke Kohei

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
6.6
MOVIE1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

as Kohei

The Portrait
6.7
MOVIE1948

The Portrait

as Nakajima

Escape from Hell
6.8
MOVIE1963

Escape from Hell

as Yajuro

Carmen Comes Home
6.3
MOVIE1951

Carmen Comes Home

as Mr. Ogawa

Sweet Sweat
8.3
MOVIE1964

Sweet Sweat

as Tatsuoka

Zoku aizen katsura
MOVIE1962

Zoku aizen katsura

Fireworks Over the Sea
5.4
MOVIE1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

as Tamihiko Kujirai

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
6.6
MOVIE1954

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

as Ryoichi Morita

Mama, I Need You!
MOVIE1962

Mama, I Need You!

Sing, Young People!
6.2
MOVIE1963

Sing, Young People!

as Keiji Sada

Tokyo Omnibus
MOVIE1959

Tokyo Omnibus

Hot Corner Murder
MOVIE1960

Hot Corner Murder

as Takayama

The Glorious Days
MOVIE1954

The Glorious Days

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
MOVIE1964

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

as Ryosuke Kurumiya

Doctor's Day Off
6.8
MOVIE1952

Doctor's Day Off

The Invisible Wall
MOVIE1958

The Invisible Wall

Secret Love
MOVIE1962

Secret Love

Enraptured
MOVIE1961

Enraptured

Freedom School
7.0
MOVIE1951

Freedom School

Always in My Heart Part 3
7.0
MOVIE1954

Always in My Heart Part 3

Brand of Evil
7.7
MOVIE1964

Brand of Evil

as Takazawa Shigeharu

With Wife, Children, and Friends
MOVIE1961

With Wife, Children, and Friends

as Yonesaku Nihei

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
MOVIE1948

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

The Tattered Wings
6.2
MOVIE1955

The Tattered Wings

as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law

A Woman’s Uphill Slope
9.0
MOVIE1960

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

as Saburo Yaoi

The Inner Palace Conspiracy
8.0
MOVIE1951

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

as Shinnosuke Koyanagi

When It Rains, It Pours
6.0
MOVIE1957

When It Rains, It Pours

as Kazuo

Tears
MOVIE1956

Tears

Irohanihoheto
MOVIE1960

Irohanihoheto

Youth After School
MOVIE1963

Youth After School

as Ichirô Hasegawa

A Case of Honor
MOVIE1957

A Case of Honor

Beautiful Days
6.8
MOVIE1955

Beautiful Days

as Nakao

Always in My Heart Part 2
6.5
MOVIE1953

Always in My Heart Part 2

Double Wedding
MOVIE1963

Double Wedding

as Jiro Okuyama

As the Clouds Scatter
6.0
MOVIE1961

As the Clouds Scatter

Love and Duty
MOVIE1954

Love and Duty

High Teen
MOVIE1959

High Teen

The Night We Danced
7.0
MOVIE1963

The Night We Danced

The Hidden Profile
6.0
MOVIE1963

The Hidden Profile

Beauty of Life
10.0
MOVIE1951

Beauty of Life

Hibi no haishin
MOVIE1958

Hibi no haishin

Monkey Business
MOVIE1957

Monkey Business

as Yoshizawa, Diet member

A Roaring Trade
MOVIE1962

A Roaring Trade

The Refugee
MOVIE1955

The Refugee

as Shaochang

The Last Trump Card
MOVIE1960

The Last Trump Card

as Shunsuke Tatsuno

Yassamossa
8.0
MOVIE1953

Yassamossa

愛情の旋風
MOVIE1951

愛情の旋風

Blood Is Dry
6.3
MOVIE1960

Blood Is Dry

as Takashi Kiguchi

Times of Joy and Sorrow
9.0
MOVIE1957

Times of Joy and Sorrow

as Shiro Arisawa

Danger Stalks Near
5.5
MOVIE1957

Danger Stalks Near

as Kaneshige

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
MOVIE1952

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

Flower in a Storm
MOVIE1962

Flower in a Storm

京化粧
MOVIE1961

京化粧

Uzu
MOVIE1961

Uzu

Umi no Chizu
MOVIE1959

Umi no Chizu

as Tonomura

Hobo Village
MOVIE1958

Hobo Village

俺は死なない
MOVIE1956

俺は死なない

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
MOVIE1958

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

as Tsurukawa Matsuo

Home Sweet Home
6.8
MOVIE1951

Home Sweet Home

as Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend

白磁の人
MOVIE1957

白磁の人

Phoenix
6.4
MOVIE1947

Phoenix

as Shinichi Yasaka

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
MOVIE1949

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

Typhoon Furor
10.0
MOVIE1956

Typhoon Furor

Shūkin ryokō
MOVIE1957

Shūkin ryokō

Akatsuki no chiheisen
MOVIE1959

Akatsuki no chiheisen

as Kazuo

Shu no kafun
MOVIE1960

Shu no kafun

as 武中究二

Monrō no yōna onna
MOVIE1964

Monrō no yōna onna

Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
MOVIE1956

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

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
MOVIE1949

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume

Dobuike
MOVIE1963

Dobuike

as Sadahiko Kanemitsu

Seishun no oto
9.0
MOVIE1956

Seishun no oto

People Waiting for Spring
MOVIE1959

People Waiting for Spring

as Western-style painter Nishiwaki

The House Where Flowers Bloom
MOVIE1963

The House Where Flowers Bloom

Hanayome no o noroke
MOVIE1958

Hanayome no o noroke

as Denshichi Kumazawa

Whirlpool of Flowers
MOVIE1958

Whirlpool of Flowers

Every Day That New Life
MOVIE1955

Every Day That New Life

Bride in the Kitchen
MOVIE1955

Bride in the Kitchen

Aoi kairyū
MOVIE1961

Aoi kairyū

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