Keiji Sada

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.

Keiji Sada
Keiji Sada in 1951
Born(1926-12-09)December 9, 1926
Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
DiedAugust 17, 1964(1964-08-17) (aged 37)
Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesKanichi Nakai
OccupationActor

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)

References
  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.
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