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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1137 |
| Birthday | 1926-12-09 |
| Place of Birth | Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As |
1960
Late Autumn
7.746/175
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
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Late Autumn
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.132/279
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuri...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1963
Youth After School
0/0
"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was br...
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Youth After School
1959
Good Morning
7.711/310
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of...
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Good Morning
1958
Equinox Flower
7.436/165
Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way...
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Equinox Flower
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Flower in a Storm
0/0
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
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Flower in a Storm
1962
A Roaring Trade
0/0
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A Roaring Trade
1962
Secret Love
0/0
A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Japanese cinema: Keiji Sada, Miyuki Kuwano and Keiko...
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Secret Love
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
7.868/318
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look af...
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An Autumn Afternoon
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
5.781/16
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with...
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A Japanese Tragedy
1964
Assassination
7.1/40
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and th...
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Assassination
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
6.769/13
A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.
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Here's to the Young Lady
1951
Carmen Comes Home
6.25/26
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
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Carmen Comes Home
1961
Immortal Love
7.4/20
A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through thre...
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Immortal Love
1956
I Will Buy You
7.125/16
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.
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I Will Buy You
1947
Phoenix
6.375/8
A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.
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Phoenix
1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
6.571/7
A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their...
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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1955
Beautiful Days
6.75/8
A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a Tokyo florist shop.
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Beautiful Days
1955
The Tattered Wings
6.2/10
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense chi...
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The Tattered Wings
1957
Danger Stalks Near
5.5/10
The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.
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Danger Stalks Near
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
6.6/15
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely d...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
6.571/14
Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
9/2
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
1951
愛情の旋風
0/0
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愛情の旋風
1951
Home Sweet Home
6.8/5
The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace,...
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Home Sweet Home
1957
白磁の人
0/0
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白磁の人
1956
俺は死なない
0/0
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俺は死なない
1957
When It Rains, It Pours
6/1
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to the fac...
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When It Rains, It Pours
1952
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
0/0
Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ry...
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Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1951
Freedom School
7/1
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house. Co...
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Freedom School
1956
Fountainhead
6/9
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
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Fountainhead
1962
Mama, I Need You!
0/0
After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a...
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Mama, I Need You!
1960
Blood Is Dry
6.286/14
An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own ad...
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Blood Is Dry
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
8/1
A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka stylishly...
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The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1960
Irohanihoheto
0/0
The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, collected money from many ordinary people and paid out...
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Irohanihoheto
1953
Always in My Heart
6.8/4
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945. Machiko and...
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Always in My Heart
1961
Uzu
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Uzu
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
7/1
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.
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Always in My Heart Part 3
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
6.5/4
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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Always in My Heart Part 2
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
5.429/7
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
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Fireworks Over the Sea
1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
9/1
Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.
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A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.222/216
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He al...
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Farewell to Spring
6.333/9
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
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Farewell to Spring
1961
With Wife, Children, and Friends
0/0
Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes...
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With Wife, Children, and Friends
1948
The Portrait
6.667/6
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
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The Portrait
1961
Hunting Rifle
8/2
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on...
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Hunting Rifle
1962
Ballad of a Workman
6.143/7
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to...
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Ballad of a Workman
1961
Enraptured
0/0
A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a class...
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Enraptured
1958
Hobo Village
0/0
Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.
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Hobo Village
1964
Brand of Evil
7.667/3
A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where h...
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Brand of Evil
1963
Sing, Young People!
6.2/5
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.
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Sing, Young People!
1961
As the Clouds Scatter
6/5
A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.
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As the Clouds Scatter
1955
The Refugee
0/0
A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite...
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The Refugee
1958
The Invisible Wall
0/0
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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The Invisible Wall
1963
Escape from Hell
6.833/6
This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform...
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Escape from Hell
1963
The Hidden Profile
6/2
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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The Hidden Profile
1959
High Teen
0/0
Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this wor...
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High Teen
1959
Tokyo Omnibus
0/0
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with...
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Tokyo Omnibus
1960
Hot Corner Murder
0/0
Prosecutor Takayama investigates the sudden death of a third baseman in the middle of a game.
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Hot Corner Murder
1963
The Night We Danced
7/1
Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.
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The Night We Danced
1953
Young Miss Executive
9/1
A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Ma...
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Young Miss Executive
1964
Sweet Sweat
8.333/3
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to ke...
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Sweet Sweat
1954
Love and Duty
0/0
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth an...
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Love and Duty
1956
Tears
0/0
A young woman marries someone else, but cannot forget her first lover.
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Tears
1957
A Case of Honor
0/0
The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...
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A Case of Honor
1963
Double Wedding
0/0
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Double Wedding
1953
Yassamossa
8/1
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Yassamossa
1952
Doctor's Day Off
6.75/4
Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a ma...
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Doctor's Day Off
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
0/0
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent overse...
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1956
Typhoon Furor
10/1
A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new o...
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Typhoon Furor
1954
The Glorious Days
0/0
The Glorious Days
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The Glorious Days
1951
Beauty of Life
10/1
Inochi uruwashi
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Beauty of Life
1959
Umi no Chizu
0/0
Akiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby team at the same university. Sugiura, a brilliant schola...
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Umi no Chizu
1957
Shūkin ryokō
0/0
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Shūkin ryokō
1961
京化粧
0/0
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京化粧
1964
Monrō no yōna onna
0/0
1964 Japanese movie
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Monrō no yōna onna
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
0/0
A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.
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Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen
0/0
This action drama depicts the conflict between orthodox and new yakuza gangsters.
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Akatsuki no chiheisen
1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
0/0
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy.
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Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
1949
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
0/0
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Third installment of a wartime film trilogy.
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Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
1958
Hibi no haishin
0/0
Hiroyuki, a married executive, falls madly in love with Ikuko, the mistress of a ruthless jeweler. The two arrange to meet at a hot spring, but Hiroyu...
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Hibi no haishin
1948
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
0/0
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. First installment of a wartime film trilogy.
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Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
1960
最後の切札
0/0
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最後の切札
1959
People Waiting for Spring
0/0
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and self-i...
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People Waiting for Spring
1958
Hanayome no o noroke
0/0
A multifaced portrayal of ordinary life, revealing its hidden aspects! The second film in the "Bride Series" following "The Embraced Bride" is an Ofu...
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Hanayome no o noroke
1956
Seishun no oto
9/1
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Seishun no oto
1960
朱の花粉
0/0
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朱の花粉
1963
The House Where Flowers Bloom
0/0
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The House Where Flowers Bloom
1957
Monkey Business
0/0
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Monkey Business
1955
Bride in the Kitchen
0/0
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Bride in the Kitchen
1955
Every Day That New Life
0/0
Akiko divorces her husband Fujikawa due to his infidelity, and when she returns to her parents' home, she finds that her family's toy factory is in de...
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Every Day That New Life
1956
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
0/0
Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo, this movie introduces...
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