Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada
Keiji Sada
	Keiji Sada in 1951
Born	December 9, 1926; Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Died	August 17, 1964 (aged 37); Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Kanichi Nakai
Occupation	Actor

Keiji Sada (佐田啓二, Sada Keiji, December 9, 1926 – August 17, 1964) is the stage name for a Japanese cinema actor active from the late-1940s to the early 1960s. His real name was Kanichi Nakai. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for Anata Kaimasu and Taifū Sōdōki.[1] He was the father of the actor Kiichi Nakai and actress Kie Nakai.

Biography

Sada was born in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, to a merchant class family. After graduating from the 2nd Kyoto Municipal Commercial School, he entered the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University in Tokyo. 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 in Kanagawa. He also was given his stage name by Shugi Sada.

In his debut appearance in 1947, Phoenix, directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, Sada was paired with Kinuyo Tanaka in a love scene. As Tanaka was already a big-name movie star, this was an immediate boost for Sada's career. Later that year, he was selected for the lead role in Kane no Naru Oka (鐘の鳴る丘), a movie adaptation of a popular NHK radio drama.

Sada's career took off in the 1950s, and he starred in an average of eight to ten movies per year. In 1956, he was awarded the Mainichi Film Award and Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor in Anata Kaimasu, a movie about a professional baseball scout, directed by Masaki Kobayashi.

Sada was killed in an automobile accident in Nirasaki, Yamanashi on August 17, 1964, while returning from his summer cottage in the Tateshina Mountains of Nagano Prefecture. His memorial services were held in Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo with thousands of fans attending; however, his grave is at the temple of Engaku-ji in Kamakura.

Selected filmography

Fushichô (1947) - Shinichi Yasaka
Akai kuchibiru imada kiezu (1947)
Shozo (1948)
Hi no bara (1948)
Kane no naru oka - Dai ippen: Ryûta no maki (1948) - Shûhei Kagami
Kane no naru oka - Dai nihen: Shukichi no maki (1949)
Ojôsan kanpai (1949) - Gorô
Beni imada kiezu (1949)
Yotsuya kaidan (1949) - Kohei Kobotoke
Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen (1949) - Kohei Kobotake
Mahiru no embukyoku (1949) - Hidetaka
Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki (1949)
Kikenna ninrei (1950)
Nanatsu no hôseki (1950)
Oboro kago (1950)
Home Sweet Home (1951) - Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
Carmen Comes Home (1951) - Mr. Ogawa - the young school master
Jiyû gakkô (1951)
Tenshi mo yume o miru (1951)
Yume ôki koro (1951) - Shûji Takaishi
Umi no hanabi (1951) - Tamihiko Kujirai
Inochi uruwashi (1951) - Shuji Imura
Honjitsu kyûshin (1952) - Haruzo Yukawa
Hibari no Circus kanashiki kobato (1952)
Uzushio (1952)
Nihon no higeki (1953) - Tatsuya, street musician
Tabiji (1953)
Kimi no na wa (1953-1954, part 1-3)
Ojōsan Shachō (1953) - Goro Akiyama
Yassamossa (1953)
Shinjitsu ichiro (1954)
Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni (1954) - Ryoichi Morita
Seishun no oto (1954)
Kunsho (1954)
Bomeiki (1955) - Akimasa
Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955)
Tôkyô-Honkon mitsugetsu ryokô (1955)
Tooi kumo (1955) - Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law
Kakubô sambagarasu (1956) - (uncredited)
Izumi (1956)
Anata Kaimasu (1956) - Daisuke Kishimoto
Taifū Sōdōki (1956)
Onna no ashi ato (1956)
Namida (1956)
Seigiha (1957)
Doshaburi (1957) - Kazuo
Xiang Gang Dong Jing mi yue lu xing (1957)
Tadaima zero hiki (1957) - Yoshizawa, Diet member
Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) - Shiro Arisawa, Kiyoko's husband
Shukin ryoko (1957)
Fûzen no tomoshibi (1957) - Kaneshige Satô, Yuriko's husband
Kuroi kafun (1958) - Takashi Kiso
Onboro jinsei (1958)
Hibi no haishin (1958)
Kamitsukareta kaoyaku (1958)
Equinox Flower (1958) - Masahiko Taniguchi
Me no kabe (1958)
Haru o matsu hitobito (1959)
The Human Condition (1959) - Kageyama
Sekishunchô (1959) - Eitarô Makita
Good Morning (1959) - Heiichirô Fukui
High Teen (1959) - Shin'ichi Teras'aki
Yonman-nin no mokugekisha (1960) - Masashi Takayama
Irohanihoheto (1960)
Onna no saka (1960)
Chi wa kawaiteru (1960) - Takashi Kiguchi
Late Autumn (1960) - Shotaru Goto
Saigo no kiri fudâ (1960)
Onnamai (1961) - Shôzô Nishikawa
Kumo ga chigireru toki (1961)
Immortal Love (1961) - Takashi
Tsuma ari ko ari tomo arite (1961) - Yonesaku Nihei
Uzu (1961)
Ryôjû (1961) - Kadota
Kyôgeshô (1961)
Senkyaku banrai (1962)
Aizen Katsura (1962)
Kaasan nagaiki shitene (1962)
Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) - Koichi
Futari de aruita iku haru aki (1962) - Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Utae Wakôdotachi (1963) - Singer at the ceremony
Mushukunin-betsuchô (1963) - Yajuro
Kaze no shisen (1963) - Shunsuke Kuze
Hana no Shōgai (1963, TV Series)
Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki (1963) - Jirô Okuyama
Odoritai yoru (1963) - Tadao Tsumura
Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama (1964) - Ryosuke
Assassination (1964)
Aku no monsho (1964) - Shigeharu Takazawa
Sweet Sweat (1964) - Tatsuoka
Monro no youna onna (1964) - (final film role)

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References

ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

External links

Keiji Sada on IMDb
Keiji Sada at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[1] ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2010-12-15.