Keiji Sada

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.

Most Known For

Life of a Flower

as Nagano Shuzen

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Kageyama

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

as Kageyama Shôi

Good Morning

as Heiichiro Fukui

An Autumn Afternoon

as Koichi

Late Autumn

as Shotaru Goto

Assassination

Equinox Flower

as Masahiko Taniguchi

A Japanese Tragedy

as Tatsuya

Immortal Love

as Takashi

Carmen Comes Home

as Mr. Ogawa

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

as Ryoichi Morita

Freedom School

Farewell to Spring

as Eitarô Makita

Always in My Heart

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

as Ryosuke Kurumiya

Typhoon

Fireworks Over the Sea

as Tamihiko Kujirai

Beauty of Life

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

as Kobotoke Kohei