Biography
Keiji Sada was a Japanese actor active from 1947 to 1964. His real name was Kanichi Nakai. He won the Best Actor award at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for his performances in Anata Kaimasu (I Will Buy You, 1956) and Taifū Sōdōki (1956). He was the father of actors Kiichi Nakai and Kie Nakai.
Sada was born on 9 December 1926 in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto. After studying at Waseda University, he joined Shochiku Studios. He made his screen debut in Keisuke Kinoshita's Phoenix (1947), opposite Kinuyo Tanaka.
He appeared in several films by Yasujirō Ozu, including Equinox Flower (1958), Good Morning (1959), Late Autumn (1960) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He also had supporting roles in Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition films (1959). Sada died on 17 August 1964 in a car accident in Nirasaki, Yamanashi, aged 37.
