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.
98 movies · 1 shows
Sweet Sweat
1964·8.3
Assassination
1964·7.1
Brand of Evil
1964·7.7
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964·0.0
Monrō no yōna onna
1964·0.0
The Night We Danced
1963·7.0
Dobuike
1963·0.0
Double Wedding
1963·0.0
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963·0.0
Youth After School
1963·0.0
The Hidden Profile
1963·6.0
Escape from Hell
1963·6.8
Sing, Young People!
1963·6.2
An Autumn Afternoon
1962·7.9
Zoku aizen katsura
1962·0.0
Mama, I Need You!
1962·0.0
Ballad of a Workman
1962·6.1
Secret Love
1962·0.0
Flower in a Storm
1962·0.0
A Roaring Trade
1962·0.0
京化粧
1961·0.0
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961·0.0
Immortal Love
1961·7.4
As the Clouds Scatter
1961·6.0
Enraptured
1961·0.0
Aoi kairyū
1961·0.0
Uzu
1961·0.0
Hunting Rifle
1961·8.0
Late Autumn
1960·7.7
Blood Is Dry
1960·6.3
The Last Trump Card
1960·0.0
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960·9.0
Irohanihoheto
1960·0.0
Hot Corner Murder
1960·0.0
Shu no kafun
1960·0.0
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959·8.2
Tokyo Omnibus
1959·0.0
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959·0.0
Umi no Chizu
1959·0.0
High Teen
1959·0.0
Good Morning
1959·7.7
Farewell to Spring
1959·6.3
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959·8.1
People Waiting for Spring
1959·0.0
The Invisible Wall
1958·0.0
Equinox Flower
1958·7.4
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958·0.0
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958·0.0
Hibi no haishin
1958·0.0
Hobo Village
1958·0.0
Hanayome no o noroke
1958·0.0
Danger Stalks Near
1957·5.5
Shūkin ryokō
1957·0.0
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957·9.0
Monkey Business
1957·0.0
When It Rains, It Pours
1957·6.0
A Case of Honor
1957·0.0
白磁の人
1957·0.0
Typhoon Furor
1956·10.0
I Will Buy You
1956·7.1
Tears
1956·0.0
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956·0.0
俺は死なない
1956·0.0
Seishun no oto
1956·9.0
Fountainhead
1956·6.0
Every Day That New Life
1955·0.0
Bride in the Kitchen
1955·0.0
The Tattered Wings
1955·6.2
Beautiful Days
1955·6.8
The Refugee
1955·0.0
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954·6.6
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954·0.0
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954·7.0
The Glorious Days
1954·0.0
Love and Duty
1954·0.0
Young Miss Executive
1953·9.0
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953·6.5
Always in My Heart
1953·6.8
A Japanese Tragedy
1953·5.8
Yassamossa
1953·8.0
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952·0.0
Doctor's Day Off
1952·6.8
Beauty of Life
1951·10.0
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951·5.4
An Angel Dreams Too
1951·0.0
Freedom School
1951·7.0
Carmen Comes Home
1951·6.3
Home Sweet Home
1951·6.8
愛情の旋風
1951·0.0
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951·8.0
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949·0.0
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949·6.6
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949·6.6
Here's to the Young Lady
1949·6.8
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949·0.0
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948·0.0
The Portrait
1948·6.7
Phoenix
1947·6.4