Portrait of Keiji Sada

Acting

Keiji Sada

Career

Active from 1947 to 1964, busiest in 1960 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Late Autumn
Late Autumn
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Keiji Sada Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Mystery
    2.2, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Post-War Japan 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Classic Japanese Cinema 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Japanese Historical Drama 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Melancholic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

21 titles · average score 78
Sweet Sweat
Sweet Sweat (1964)

as Tatsuoka

Brand of Evil
Brand of Evil (1964)

as Takazawa Shigeharu

Escape from Hell
Escape from Hell (1963)

as Yajuro

An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
GoodWatch score 88

as Koichi

Ballad of a Workman
Ballad of a Workman (1962)

as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband

Immortal Love
Immortal Love (1961)
GoodWatch score 70

as Takashi

Hunting Rifle
Hunting Rifle (1961)

as Reiichiro Kadota

As the Clouds Scatter
As the Clouds Scatter (1961)

as Yoshimi Misaki

Blood Is Dry
Blood Is Dry (1960)
GoodWatch score 67

as Takashi Kiguchi

Late Autumn
Late Autumn (1960)
GoodWatch score 90

as Shotaru Goto

A Woman’s Uphill Slope
A Woman’s Uphill Slope (1960)

as Saburo Yaoi

The Last Trump Card
The Last Trump Card (1960)

as Shunsuke Tatsuno

1950s

26 titles · average score 72
Good Morning
Good Morning (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

as Heiichiro Fukui

Farewell to Spring
Farewell to Spring (1959)

as Eitarô Makita

Equinox Flower
Equinox Flower (1958)
GoodWatch score 72

as Masahiko Taniguchi

Times of Joy and Sorrow
Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)

as Shiro Arisawa

Danger Stalks Near
Danger Stalks Near (1957)

as Kaneshige

When It Rains, It Pours
When It Rains, It Pours (1957)

as Kazuo

I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

as Daisuke Kishimoto

Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

as Nakao

The Tattered Wings
The Tattered Wings (1955)

as Shunsuke, Fuyuko's brother-in-law

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ryoichi Morita

A Japanese Tragedy
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tatsuya

Carmen Comes Home
Carmen Comes Home (1951)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mr. Ogawa

1940s

5 titles · average score 67
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Kohei

Here's to the Young Lady
Here's to the Young Lady (1949)
GoodWatch score 69

as Goro

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kobotoke Kohei

The Portrait
The Portrait (1948)
GoodWatch score 67

as Nakajima

Phoenix
Phoenix (1947)

as Shinichi Yasaka