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

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

2002-06-16 Japan 108 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

西田敏行 is Kagaya
渡辺謙 is Okubo
緒形直人 is Eguchi
篠原涼子 is Natsuka Kashiwagi
Natsuka Kashiwagi
新克利 is Miyashita
Miyashita
倍賞美津子 is Masae Murakami
Masae Murakami
江守徹 is Terayama (President of Sony)
Terayama (President of Sony)
石橋蓮司 is Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)
Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)
石田法嗣 is Yuji Kagaya
Yuji Kagaya
國村隼 is Koide
仲代達矢 is Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
夏八木勲 is Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)
Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)

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