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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

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