Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)

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Released:
2002-06-16

Overview:
A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.

Director:
Kiyoshi Sasabe

Runtime:
1h 48min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Toshiyuki Nishida
    as
    Kagaya
  • Ken Watanabe
    as
    Okubo
  • Naoto Ogata
    as
    Eguchi
  • Ryoko Shinohara
    as
    Natsuka Kashiwagi
  • Katsutoshi Atarashi
    as
    Miyashita