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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe
2002    1h 48m
7.4
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.
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Cast of Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
  • Toshiyuki NishidaKagaya
  • Ken WatanabeOkubo
  • Naoto OgataEguchi
  • Ryoko ShinoharaNatsuka Kashiwagi
  • Katsutoshi AtarashiMiyashita
  • Mitsuko BaishoMasae Murakami
  • Tohru EmoriTerayama (President of Sony)
  • Renji IshibashiKanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)
  • Hoshi IshidaYuji Kagaya
  • Jun KunimuraKoide
  • Tatsuya NakadaiMatsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
  • Isao NatsuyagiTakeda (President of Nippon Victor)
  • Masane TsukayamaWatarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)
  • Ippei Kanie
  • Ikuji Nakamura

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