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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

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 Cast

  • Toshiyuki Nishida

    Toshiyuki Nishida

    Kagaya

  • Ken Watanabe

    Ken Watanabe

    Okubo

  • Naoto Ogata

    Naoto Ogata

    Eguchi

  • Ryoko Shinohara

    Ryoko Shinohara

    Natsuka Kashiwagi

  • Katsutoshi Atarashi

    Katsutoshi Atarashi

    Miyashita

  • Mitsuko Baisho

    Mitsuko Baisho

    Masae Murakami

  • Tohru Emori

    Tohru Emori

    Terayama (President of Sony)

  • Renji Ishibashi

    Renji Ishibashi

    Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)

  • Hoshi Ishida

    Hoshi Ishida

    Yuji Kagaya

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.

Rating

8.0 / 10
3 Reviews
1 Popular

Recommendations

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