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.

Known For

An Autumn Afternoon

as Koichi

Good Morning

as Heiichiro Fukui

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Kageyama

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

as Kageyama Shôi

Late Autumn

as Shotaru Goto

Equinox Flower

as Masahiko Taniguchi

Assassination

Carmen Comes Home

as Mr. Ogawa

Immortal Love

as Takashi

I Will Buy You

as Daisuke Kishimoto