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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.
As actor
Assassination
Brand of Evil
Sweet Sweat
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Monrō no yōna onna
Youth After School
Sing, Young People!
Escape from Hell
The Hidden Profile
The Night We Danced
Double Wedding
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Dobuike
Zoku aizen katsura
Flower in a Storm
A Roaring Trade
Secret Love
An Autumn Afternoon
Mama, I Need You!
Ballad of a Workman
Immortal Love
Uzu
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Hunting Rifle
Enraptured
As the Clouds Scatter
京化粧
Aoi kairyū
Late Autumn
Blood Is Dry