Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
1h 48m · 16 Jun 2002
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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.
| Movie ID | 34039 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Kiyoshi Sasabe |
| Main cast | Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Watanabe, Naoto Ogata, Ryoko Shinohara, Katsutoshi Atarashi, Mitsuko Baisho, Tohru Emori, Renji Ishibashi |
| Release date | 16 June 2002 |
| Release year | 2002 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Duration | 108 min (1h 48m) |
| Rating | 8.0 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | – |
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe
Writers: Kiyoshi Sasabe, Takuya Nishioka
Top cast
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
Hisashi Igawa
Ikuji Nakamura
Kyoko MayaKeiko Kagaya
AdeytoSecretary (as Laura Windrath)
Takashi Kikuchi
Ryosei TayamaHattori (Nippon Victor)
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