Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
2002 · 1h 48m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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
Writers: Kiyoshi Sasabe, Takuya Nishioka
Music by: Michiru Oshima
Cinematography: Daisaku Kimura
Editor: Hideaki Ohata
Cast
Toshiyuki Nishida as KagayaKen Watanabe as OkuboNaoto Ogata as EguchiRyoko Shinohara as Natsuka KashiwagiKatsutoshi Atarashi as MiyashitaMitsuko Baisho as Masae MurakamiTohru Emori as Terayama (President of Sony)Renji Ishibashi as Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)Hoshi Ishida as Yuji KagayaJun Kunimura as KoideTatsuya Nakadai as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)Isao Natsuyagi as Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)More like this
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