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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Film

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

7.0

1h 48m

2002

Synopsis

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

Drama

Cast & Crew

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Kagaya

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

as Okubo

Naoto Ogata

Naoto Ogata

as Eguchi

Ryoko Shinohara

Ryoko Shinohara

as Natsuka Kashiwagi

Katsutoshi Atarashi

as Miyashita

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

as Masae Murakami

Tohru Emori

Tohru Emori

as Terayama (President of Sony)

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

as Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)

Hoshi Ishida

Hoshi Ishida

as Yuji Kagaya

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