Yutaka Sada
Acting
Biography
Yutaka Sada (佐田 豊) was born on March 30, 1911 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for his roles in Akira Kurosawa's films, the chauffeur in High and Low (1963), Yojimbo (1961), Sanjuro (1962) and The Hidden Fortress (1958). He died in 2017.
Born: March 30, 1911
Known For
Farewell Rabaul
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
The Retreat from Kiska
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.
Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
Yearning
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
Pride of the Campus
Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.
The Militarists
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Filmography
as Goto
as Train Engineer
as Nakanishi
as Asahi Kogyo, Accounting Executive
as (uncredited)
as Police Officer
as Gatekeeper (Kinkaku-ji)
as Mizushima
as Keisaku Sano
as Farmer
as Chief of Oils and Fats Division, Takashima Bussan
as Hospital Secretary
as Sano
as Okamura Family Craftsman
as Resident
as School Principal
as Mr. Murata
as Governor
as Aoki - the Chauffeur
as Murota samurai
as Ishiyama
as Reporter
as Security Guard
as Matsukichi
as Wedding Receptionist
as Masakichi Nagata
as Judicial Chief
as Policeman
as Farmer
as Furukawa
as Secretary Matsumoto
as Yoshikawa
as Owner of Miyoshino
as Middle-aged doctor
as Driver
as (uncredited)
as Okumura (Department Clerk)
as Owner of Daikokuya Inn
as Guard (uncredited)
as Department store clerk
as Taxi driver who runs over Misaki (uncredited)
as Matsuoka
as Police Capt. Miyamoto
as Bengorô
as Washizu samurai
as Rickshaw man
as Iwata
as Jinichi Iwasaki
as Osaki, policeman (uncredited)
as Young radio store proprietor
as Ichiro Nakajima
as (uncredited)
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Man in Hall
as Warship crew member