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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

7.0 108 mins Drama   2002
Director(s): Kiyoshi Sasabe

Release Date: 16 Sun, Jun 2002

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.

Casts of Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Kagaya

Ken Watanabe

as Okubo

Naoto Ogata

as Eguchi

Ryoko Shinohara

as Natsuka Kashiwagi

Katsutoshi Atarashi

as Miyashita

Mitsuko Baisho

as Masae Murakami

Tohru Emori

as Terayama (President of Sony)

Renji Ishibashi

as Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)

Hoshi Ishida

as Yuji Kagaya

Jun Kunimura

as Koide

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)

Isao Natsuyagi

as Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)

Masane Tsukayama

as Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)

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