Keiji Sada
Date of birth: 1926-12-09
Place of birth: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
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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.
Movie Credits
Late Autumn
1960-11-13
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particular
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959-01-15
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la
Youth After School
1963-03-21
"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develo
Good Morning
1959-05-12
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergeneration
Equinox Flower
1958-09-07
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares
Zoku aizen katsura
1962-10-24
1962 Japanese movie
Flower in a Storm
1962-04-01
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
A Roaring Trade
1962-01-03
Secret Love
1962-04-18
A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Jap
An Autumn Afternoon
1962-11-18
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she sh
A Japanese Tragedy
1953-06-17
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her un
Assassination
1964-07-04
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a
Here's to the Young Lady
1949-03-09
A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an au
Carmen Comes Home
1951-03-21
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware tha
Immortal Love
1961-09-16
A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. T
I Will Buy You
1956-11-21
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko
Phoenix
1947-12-11
A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954-11-23
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the c
Beautiful Days
1955-05-25
Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.
The Tattered Wings
1955-08-31
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal
Danger Stalks Near
1957-12-01
The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house the
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949-07-05
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have be
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949-07-16
Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei,
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957-10-01
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
愛情の旋風
1951-02-10
Home Sweet Home
1951-03-21
The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded priz
白磁の人
1957-01-15
俺は死なない
1956-08-21
When It Rains, It Pours
1957-06-11
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When h
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952-07-15
Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a
Freedom School
1951-05-05
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surpri
Fountainhead
1956-02-26
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
Mama, I Need You!
1962-10-13
After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone
Blood Is Dry
1960-10-09
An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951-01-13
A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a m
Irohanihoheto
1960-05-20
The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, colle
Always in My Heart
1953-09-15
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during th
Uzu
1961-01-15
1961 Japanese movie
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954-04-27
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again,
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953-12-01
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951-10-25
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960-06-17
Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959-11-20
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, K
Farewell to Spring
1959-04-28
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as st
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961-11-01
Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes
The Portrait
1948-08-03
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artis
Hunting Rifle
1961-01-03
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who
Ballad of a Workman
1962-08-12
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work
Enraptured
1961-04-18
A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a
Hobo Village
1958-01-29
Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.
Brand of Evil
1964-05-29
A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is par
Sing, Young People!
1963-01-06
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of the
As the Clouds Scatter
1961-07-09
A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once
The Refugee
1955-05-03
A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying
The Invisible Wall
1958-10-15
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Escape from Hell
1963-01-27
This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number o
The Hidden Profile
1963-02-17
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
High Teen
1959-05-26
Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his
Tokyo Omnibus
1959-10-30
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who ru
Hot Corner Murder
1960-02-12
Prosecutor Takayama investigates the sudden death of a third baseman in the middle of a game.
The Night We Danced
1963-12-14
Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.
Young Miss Executive
1953-12-29
A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddau
Sweet Sweat
1964-09-19
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 3
Love and Duty
1954-03-24
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels
Tears
1956-09-26
A young woman marries someone else, but cannot forget her first lover.
A Case of Honor
1957-02-20
The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic
Double Wedding
1963-07-13
Yassamossa
1953-02-25
Doctor's Day Off
1952-04-01
Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off.
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964-01-01
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog s
Typhoon
1956-12-19
A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been
The Glorious Days
1954-04-14
The Glorious Days
Beauty of Life
1951-12-07
Inochi uruwashi
Umi no Chizu
1959-06-30
Akiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby team a
Shūkin ryokō
1957-10-29
京化粧
1961-11-22
Monrō no yōna onna
1964-01-01
1964 Japanese movie
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958-07-13
A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959-09-20
This action drama depicts the conflict between orthodox and new yakuza gangsters.
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949-01-25
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hi
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1949-11-17
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hi
Hibi no haishin
1958-02-16
Hiroyuki, a married executive, falls madly in love with Ikuko, the mistress of a ruthless jeweler. T
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1948-11-29
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hi
最後の切札
1960-09-20
People Waiting for Spring
1959-01-09
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves w
Hanayome no o noroke
1958-01-03
A multifaced portrayal of ordinary life, revealing its hidden aspects! The second film in the "Brid