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. 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 NHKradio drama.
MOOD BOARD - A TRIBUTE TO LANA, OZU, AND KEIJI SADA
Featuring footage from "A Late Afternoon" and "Floating Weeds" by Yasujiro Ozu.
Music ("West Coast") by Lana Del Rey.
A mood board for the new upcoming channel "THE WALK TALKS".
I do not own the copyrights.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love - Scene of the execution
Scena dell'esecuzione tratta dal film La Condizione Umana, parte I: Nessun amore è più grande (人間の條件 Ningen no jōken), Giappone, 1959. Diretto da Masaki Kobayashi. Con Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura. Primo film della trilogia.
Manciuria, 1943. L'ingegnere Kaji dirige una miniera dove lavorano prigionieri cinesi. Grazie al suo umanesimo cercherà di migliorare le loro condizioni, ma si scontrerà con la retorica imperialistica giapponese.
Candidato al Leone d'Oro 1960.
Scene of the execution taken from The Human Condition, part I: No greater love (人間 の 條件 Ningen no jōken), Japan, 1959. Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Now, Sô Yamamura. First movie of the trilogy.
Manchuria, 1943. Engineer Kaji s...
published: 25 Jul 2017
Masahiro Shinoda - Ansatsu (The Assassination), 1964
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Ryotaro Shiba, Nobuo Yamada
Release Date: 30 October 1964 (USA)
Runtime: 104 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action / Drama
Also known as: The Assassin
Cast: Tetsurô Tanba, Eiji Okada, Eitarô Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Muga Takewaki, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Sumio Takatsu
The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" — the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry — anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa (Tetsuro Tamba), an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogu...
Featuring footage from "A Late Afternoon" and "Floating Weeds" by Yasujiro Ozu.
Music ("West Coast") by Lana Del Rey.
A mood board for the new upcoming chann...
Featuring footage from "A Late Afternoon" and "Floating Weeds" by Yasujiro Ozu.
Music ("West Coast") by Lana Del Rey.
A mood board for the new upcoming channel "THE WALK TALKS".
I do not own the copyrights.
Featuring footage from "A Late Afternoon" and "Floating Weeds" by Yasujiro Ozu.
Music ("West Coast") by Lana Del Rey.
A mood board for the new upcoming channel "THE WALK TALKS".
I do not own the copyrights.
Scena dell'esecuzione tratta dal film La Condizione Umana, parte I: Nessun amore è più grande (人間の條件 Ningen no jōken), Giappone, 1959. Diretto da Masaki Kobayas...
Scena dell'esecuzione tratta dal film La Condizione Umana, parte I: Nessun amore è più grande (人間の條件 Ningen no jōken), Giappone, 1959. Diretto da Masaki Kobayashi. Con Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura. Primo film della trilogia.
Manciuria, 1943. L'ingegnere Kaji dirige una miniera dove lavorano prigionieri cinesi. Grazie al suo umanesimo cercherà di migliorare le loro condizioni, ma si scontrerà con la retorica imperialistica giapponese.
Candidato al Leone d'Oro 1960.
Scene of the execution taken from The Human Condition, part I: No greater love (人間 の 條件 Ningen no jōken), Japan, 1959. Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Now, Sô Yamamura. First movie of the trilogy.
Manchuria, 1943. Engineer Kaji supervises a mine where Chinese prisoners work. Thanks to his humanism, he will try to improve their conditions, but will collide with Japanese imperialist rhetoric.
Candidate at the Golden Lion 1960.
Sub: ita, eng
Scena dell'esecuzione tratta dal film La Condizione Umana, parte I: Nessun amore è più grande (人間の條件 Ningen no jōken), Giappone, 1959. Diretto da Masaki Kobayashi. Con Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura. Primo film della trilogia.
Manciuria, 1943. L'ingegnere Kaji dirige una miniera dove lavorano prigionieri cinesi. Grazie al suo umanesimo cercherà di migliorare le loro condizioni, ma si scontrerà con la retorica imperialistica giapponese.
Candidato al Leone d'Oro 1960.
Scene of the execution taken from The Human Condition, part I: No greater love (人間 の 條件 Ningen no jōken), Japan, 1959. Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Now, Sô Yamamura. First movie of the trilogy.
Manchuria, 1943. Engineer Kaji supervises a mine where Chinese prisoners work. Thanks to his humanism, he will try to improve their conditions, but will collide with Japanese imperialist rhetoric.
Candidate at the Golden Lion 1960.
Sub: ita, eng
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Ryotaro Shiba, Nobuo Yamada
Release Date: 30 October 1964 (USA)
Runtime: 104 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Gen...
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Ryotaro Shiba, Nobuo Yamada
Release Date: 30 October 1964 (USA)
Runtime: 104 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action / Drama
Also known as: The Assassin
Cast: Tetsurô Tanba, Eiji Okada, Eitarô Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Muga Takewaki, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Sumio Takatsu
The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" — the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry — anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa (Tetsuro Tamba), an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor. Filmed in richly stylish black and white 'Scope by cinematographer Masao Kosugi, Shinoda's film explores the character of Kiyokawa as he singlehandedly attempts, against a backdrop of betrayal and abrupt violence, to prevent the outbreak of civil war.
With an award-winning score by Toru Takemitsu (Pitfall, The Face of Another) and a deft, twisting narrative structure, Assassination's profound nihilism has a striking contemporary resonance which fiercely displays the director's skill and individual vision. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Assassination for the first time on home video in the West.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Ryotaro Shiba, Nobuo Yamada
Release Date: 30 October 1964 (USA)
Runtime: 104 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action / Drama
Also known as: The Assassin
Cast: Tetsurô Tanba, Eiji Okada, Eitarô Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Muga Takewaki, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Sumio Takatsu
The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" — the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry — anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa (Tetsuro Tamba), an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor. Filmed in richly stylish black and white 'Scope by cinematographer Masao Kosugi, Shinoda's film explores the character of Kiyokawa as he singlehandedly attempts, against a backdrop of betrayal and abrupt violence, to prevent the outbreak of civil war.
With an award-winning score by Toru Takemitsu (Pitfall, The Face of Another) and a deft, twisting narrative structure, Assassination's profound nihilism has a striking contemporary resonance which fiercely displays the director's skill and individual vision. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Assassination for the first time on home video in the West.
Featuring footage from "A Late Afternoon" and "Floating Weeds" by Yasujiro Ozu.
Music ("West Coast") by Lana Del Rey.
A mood board for the new upcoming channel "THE WALK TALKS".
I do not own the copyrights.
Scena dell'esecuzione tratta dal film La Condizione Umana, parte I: Nessun amore è più grande (人間の條件 Ningen no jōken), Giappone, 1959. Diretto da Masaki Kobayashi. Con Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura. Primo film della trilogia.
Manciuria, 1943. L'ingegnere Kaji dirige una miniera dove lavorano prigionieri cinesi. Grazie al suo umanesimo cercherà di migliorare le loro condizioni, ma si scontrerà con la retorica imperialistica giapponese.
Candidato al Leone d'Oro 1960.
Scene of the execution taken from The Human Condition, part I: No greater love (人間 の 條件 Ningen no jōken), Japan, 1959. Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Keiji Now, Sô Yamamura. First movie of the trilogy.
Manchuria, 1943. Engineer Kaji supervises a mine where Chinese prisoners work. Thanks to his humanism, he will try to improve their conditions, but will collide with Japanese imperialist rhetoric.
Candidate at the Golden Lion 1960.
Sub: ita, eng
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Ryotaro Shiba, Nobuo Yamada
Release Date: 30 October 1964 (USA)
Runtime: 104 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action / Drama
Also known as: The Assassin
Cast: Tetsurô Tanba, Eiji Okada, Eitarô Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Muga Takewaki, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Sumio Takatsu
The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" — the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry — anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa (Tetsuro Tamba), an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor. Filmed in richly stylish black and white 'Scope by cinematographer Masao Kosugi, Shinoda's film explores the character of Kiyokawa as he singlehandedly attempts, against a backdrop of betrayal and abrupt violence, to prevent the outbreak of civil war.
With an award-winning score by Toru Takemitsu (Pitfall, The Face of Another) and a deft, twisting narrative structure, Assassination's profound nihilism has a striking contemporary resonance which fiercely displays the director's skill and individual vision. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Assassination for the first time on home video in the West.
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. 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 NHKradio drama.
Credit. Shōchiku Films Ltd ... Keiji Sada, Heiichiro Fukui, Yoshiko Kuga, Setsuko Arita, Chishū Ryū, and Keitaro Hayashi form the ensemble cast, enriching the narrative with their portrayal of characters navigating the quirks of post-war Japan... ... NOTE ... .