Keiji Sada

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 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. His wife and two children were unhurt. 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

(1947) - Shinichi Yasaka (1947) (1948) (1948) (1948) - Shūhei Kagami (1949) (1949) - Gorō (1949) (1949) - Kohei Kobotoke (1949) - Kohei Kobotake (1949) - Hidetaka (1949) (1950) (1950) (1950) Home Sweet Home (1951) – Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend Carmen Comes Home (1951) – Mr. Ogawa, the young school master (1951) (1951) (1951) - Shūji Takaishi Fireworks Over the Sea (1951) – Tamihiko Kujirai (1951) - Shuji Imura (1952) - Haruzo Yukawa (1952) (1952) (1953) - Tatsuya, street musician (1953) (1953-1954, part 1-3) (1953) - Goro Akiyama (1953) (1954) (1954) - Ryoichi Morita (1954) (1954) (1955) - Akimasa (1955) (1955) (1955) - Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law (1956) - (uncredited) (1956) I Will Buy You (1956) – Daisuke Kishimoto (1956) (1956) (1956) (1957) (1957) - Kazuo (1957) (1957) - Yoshizawa, Diet member Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) - Shiro Arisawa, Kiyoko's husband (1957) Danger Stalks Near (1957) - Kaneshige Satō (1958) - Takashi Kiso (1958) (1958) (1958) Equinox Flower (1958) - Masahiko Taniguchi (1958) (1959) The Human Condition (1959) - Kageyama (1959) - Eitarō Makita Good Morning (1959) - Heiichirō Fukui High Teen (1959) - Shin'ichi Teras'aki (1960) - Masashi Takayama (1960) (1960) Blood Is Dry (1960) - Takashi Kiguchi Late Autumn (1960) - Shotaru Goto (1960) (1961) - Shōzō Nishikawa (1961) Immortal Love (1961) - Takashi (1961) - Yonesaku Nihei (1961) Hunting Rifle (1961) - Kadota (1961) (1962) (1962) (1962) (1962) An Autumn Afternoon (1962) - Koichi (1962) - Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband (1963) - Singer at the ceremony (1963) - Yajuro (1963) - Shunsuke Kuze (1963, TV Series) (1963) - Jirō Okuyama (1963) - Tadao Tsumura (1964) - Ryosuke Assassination (1964) (1964) - Shigeharu Takazawa Sweet Sweat (1964) - Tatsuoka (1964) - (final film role)