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

06/16/2002 (JP) • 1h 48m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ryoko Shinohara

Natsuka Kashiwagi

Mitsuko Baisho

Masae Murakami

Tohru Emori

Terayama (President of Sony)

Renji Ishibashi

Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)

Hoshi Ishida

Yuji Kagaya


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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