Sada Yutaka

Sada Yutaka was a Japanese actor famous for his perennially worried expression, which was fitting since his characters were often pitted against aliens, H-Men, and giant monsters.

Sada collaborated frequently with genre director Honda Ishirô. He is probably best known among kaijû fans as the school principal attempting to save his students towards the climax of Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) and as the Mt. Fuji policeman mistaking a space rocket for Rodan in Destroy All Monsters (1968). However, his most famous role, and apparently his personal favorite, was outside the sci-fi genre: the chauffeur Aoki whose son is mistakenly kidnapped in Kurosawa Akira's High and Low (1963).

Sada was last reported to be alive and well in 2010 by fellow actor Katô Shigeo. According to Japanese sources, he passed away in 2017 at the exceptional age of 106.