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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Sweet Sweat | Tatsuoka | HIT | |
| 1964 | Assassination | - | HIT | |
| 1964 | Brand of Evil | Takazawa Shigeharu | HIT | |
| 1963 | Youth After School | Ichirô Hasegawa | FLOP | |
| 1963 | The Hidden Profile | - | FLOP | |
| 1963 | Escape from Hell | Yajuro | FLOP | |
| 1963 | Sing, Young People! | Keiji Sada | FLOP | |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon | Koichi | HIT | |
| 1962 | Zoku aizen katsura | - | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Mama, I Need You! | - | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Ballad of a Workman | Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Secret Love | - | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Flower in a Storm | - | FLOP | |
| 1962 | A Roaring Trade | - | FLOP | |
| 1961 | Immortal Love | Takashi | HIT | |
| 1961 | As the Clouds Scatter | - | FLOP | |
| 1961 | Hunting Rifle | Reiichiro Kadota | HIT | |
| 1960 | Late Autumn | Shotaru Goto | HIT | |
| 1960 | Blood Is Dry | Takashi Kiguchi | FLOP | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity | Kageyama Shôi | HIT | |
| 1959 | Good Morning | Heiichiro Fukui | HIT | |
| 1959 | Farewell to Spring | Eitarô Makita | FLOP | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Kageyama | HIT | |
| 1958 | Equinox Flower | Masahiko Taniguchi | HIT | |
| 1957 | Danger Stalks Near | Kaneshige | FLOP | |
| 1957 | Times of Joy and Sorrow | Shiro Arisawa | HIT | |
| 1957 | When It Rains, It Pours | Kazuo | FLOP | |
| 1957 | 白磁の人 | - | FLOP | |
| 1956 | I Will Buy You | Daisuke Kishimoto | HIT | |
| 1956 | 俺は死なない | - | FLOP | |
| 1956 | Fountainhead | - | FLOP | |
| 1955 | The Tattered Wings | Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law | FLOP | |
| 1955 | Beautiful Days | - | HIT | |
| 1954 | Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky | Ryoichi Morita | FLOP | |
| 1954 | Always in My Heart Part 3 | - | HIT | |
| 1953 | Always in My Heart Part 2 | - | HIT | |
| 1953 | Always in My Heart | - | HIT | |
| 1953 | A Japanese Tragedy | Tatsuya | FLOP | |
| 1952 | Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove | - | FLOP | |
| 1952 | Doctor's Day Off | - | FLOP | |
| 1951 | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tamihiko Kujirai | FLOP | |
| 1951 | Freedom School | - | FLOP | |
| 1951 | Home Sweet Home | Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend | HIT | |
| 1951 | Carmen Comes Home | Mr. Ogawa | FLOP | |
| 1951 | 愛情の旋風 | - | FLOP | |
| 1949 | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 | Kohei | HIT | |
| 1949 | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 | Kobotoke Kohei | HIT | |
| 1949 | Here's to the Young Lady | Goro | HIT | |
| 1948 | The Portrait | - | FLOP | |
| 1947 | Phoenix | Shinichi Yasaka | FLOP |