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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)

Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe

Overview

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.

Length 108 minutes

Actors

Toshiyuki Nishida | Ken Watanabe | Naoto Ogata | Ryoko Shinohara | Katsutoshi Atarashi | Mitsuko Baisho | Toru Emori | Renji Ishibashi | Hoshi Ishida | Jun Kunimura | Tatsuya Nakadai | Isao Natsuyagi | Masane Tsukayama | Ippei Kanie | Ikuji Nakamura