Keiji Sada
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.
Late Autumn
(Shotaru Goto)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(Kageyama)
Youth After School
(Ichirô Hasegawa)
Equinox Flower
(Masahiko Taniguchi)
Good Morning
(Heiichiro Fukui)
Zoku aizen katsura
Flower in a Storm
A Roaring Trade
Secret Love
An Autumn Afternoon
(Koichi)
A Japanese Tragedy
(Tatsuya)
Assassination
Here's to the Young Lady
(Goro)
Carmen Comes Home
(Mr. Ogawa)
Immortal Love
(Takashi)
I Will Buy You
(Daisuke Kishimoto)
Phoenix
(Shinichi Yasaka)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
(Ryoichi Morita)
Beautiful Days
The Tattered Wings
(Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law)
Danger Stalks Near
(Kaneshige)
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
(Kobotoke Kohei)
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
(Kohei)
Times of Joy and Sorrow
(Shiro Arisawa)
愛情の旋風
Home Sweet Home
(Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend)
白磁の人
俺は死なない
When It Rains, It Pours
(Kazuo)
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Freedom School
Fountainhead
Mama, I Need You!
Blood Is Dry
(Takashi Kiguchi)
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
(Shinnosuke Koyanagi)
Irohanihoheto
Always in My Heart
Uzu
Always in My Heart Part 3
Always in My Heart Part 2
Fireworks Over the Sea
(Tamihiko Kujirai)
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
(Saburo Yaoi)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
(Kageyama Shôi)
Farewell to Spring
(Eitarô Makita)
With Wife, Children, and Friends
(Yonesaku Nihei)
The Portrait
Hunting Rifle
(Reiichiro Kadota)
Ballad of a Workman
(Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband)
Enraptured
Hobo Village
Brand of Evil
(Takazawa Shigeharu)
Sing, Young People!
(Keiji Sada)
As the Clouds Scatter
The Refugee
(Shaochang)
The Invisible Wall
Escape from Hell
(Yajuro)
The Hidden Profile
High Teen
Tokyo Omnibus
Hot Corner Murder
(Takayama)
The Night We Danced
Young Miss Executive
Sweet Sweat
(Tatsuoka)
Love and Duty
Tears
A Case of Honor
Double Wedding
(Jiro Okuyama)
Yassamossa
Doctor's Day Off
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
(Ryosuke Kurumiya)
Typhoon
The Glorious Days
Beauty of Life
Umi no Chizu
(Tonomura)
Shūkin ryokō
京化粧
Monrō no yōna onna
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
(Tsurukawa Matsuo)
Akatsuki no chiheisen
(Kazuo)
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
Hibi no haishin
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
最後の切札
People Waiting for Spring
(Western-style painter Nishiwaki)
Hanayome no o noroke
(Denshichi Kumazawa)
Life of a Flower
(Nagano Shuzen)