Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 25
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
An Autumn Afternoon
(1962) KoichiLife of a Flower
(1963) Nagano ShuzenImmortal Love
(1961) TakashiThe Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
(1959) Kageyama ShôiThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959) KageyamaYotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
(1949) Kobotoke KoheiZoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama
(1964) Ryosuke KurumiyaA Japanese Tragedy
(1953) TatsuyaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 1964 | N/A | |
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| Ryosuke Kurumiya | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Jiro Okuyama | ||
| Nagano Shuzen | ||
| Ichirô Hasegawa | ||
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| Yajuro | ||
| Keiji Sada | ||
| 1962 | Koichi | |
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| Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband | ||
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| 1961 | Takashi | |
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| Reiichiro Kadota | ||
| 1960 | Shotaru Goto | |
| Takashi Kiguchi | ||
| Takayama | ||
| 1959 | Kageyama Shôi | |
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| Tonomura | ||
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| Heiichiro Fukui | ||
| Eitarô Makita | ||
| Kageyama | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Masahiko Taniguchi | ||
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| 1957 | Kaneshige | |
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| Kazuo | ||
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| 1956 | N/A | |
| Daisuke Kishimoto | ||
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| 1955 | Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law | |
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| Shaochang | ||
| 1954 | Ryoichi Morita | |
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| 1953 | N/A | |
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| Tatsuya | ||
| Таскэ Акамацу | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
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| 1951 | N/A | |
| Tamihiko Kujirai | ||
| Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend | ||
| Mr. Ogawa | ||
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| Shinnosuke Koyanagi | ||
| 1949 | Kohei | |
| Kobotoke Kohei | ||
| Goro | ||
| 1948 | N/A | |
| 1947 | Shinichi Yasaka | |
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