Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Acting
Born 1926-12-09 Died 1964-08-17 99 credits Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor 1 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 1

Awards

Won 1 Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor Award

Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor 1 won

  • Best Actor Won

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 1 won

  • 1957 Best Actor Won

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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.
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Filmography — top 60 of 99
Acting 37 credits
Life of a Flower
Life of a Flower
1963 · Nagano Shuzen
Good Morning
Good Morning
1959 · 82% · Heiichiro Fukui
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · 86% · Kageyama
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · 79% · Koichi
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · 87% · Kageyama Shôi
Ballad of a Workman
Ballad of a Workman
1962 · Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Late Autumn
Late Autumn
1960 · ★ 7.7 · Shotaru Goto
Equinox Flower
Equinox Flower
1958 · ★ 7.4 · Masahiko Taniguchi
When It Rains, It Pours
When It Rains, It Pours
1957 · Kazuo
Hunting Rifle
Hunting Rifle
1961 · Reiichiro Kadota
A Japanese Tragedy
A Japanese Tragedy
1953 · Tatsuya
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home
1951 · Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
Immortal Love
Immortal Love
1961 · Takashi
Carmen Comes Home
Carmen Comes Home
1951 · Mr. Ogawa
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949 · Kohei
Farewell to Spring
Farewell to Spring
1959 · Eitarô Makita
Phoenix
Phoenix
1947 · Shinichi Yasaka
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Ryosuke Kurumiya
The Tattered Wings
The Tattered Wings
1955 · Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
新婚たくあん夫婦
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954 · 目白三平
Sing, Young People!
Sing, Young People!
1963 · Keiji Sada
Escape from Hell
Escape from Hell
1963 · Yajuro
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954 · Ryoichi Morita
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957 · Shiro Arisawa
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949 · Kobotoke Kohei
Hanayome no o noroke
Hanayome no o noroke
1958 · Denshichi Kumazawa
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 · Shinnosuke Koyanagi
Dobuike
Dobuike
1963 · Sadahiko Kanemitsu
Fireworks Over the Sea
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Tamihiko Kujirai
Here's to the Young Lady
Here's to the Young Lady
1949 · Goro
People Waiting for Spring
People Waiting for Spring
1959 · Western-style painter Nishiwaki
The Last Trump Card
The Last Trump Card
1960 · Shunsuke Tatsuno
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
1957 · Yoshizawa, Diet member
Shu no kafun
Shu no kafun
1960 · 武中究二
The Refugee
The Refugee
1955 · Shaochang
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You
1956 · Daisuke Kishimoto
Blood Is Dry
Blood Is Dry
1960 · Takashi Kiguchi
Other credits 23 credits
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