Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

108 mins | Drama | June 16, 2002

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.

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

108 mins | Drama | June 16, 2002

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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers
Original title 陽はまた昇る
Directors Kiyoshi Sasabe
Writers Kiyoshi Sasabe

Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Kagaya

Ken Watanabe

as Okubo

Naoto Ogata

as Eguchi

Ryoko Shinohara

as Natsuka Kashiwagi

Katsutoshi Atarashi

as Miyashita

Mitsuko Baisho

as Masae Murakami

Tohru Emori

as Terayama (President of Sony)

Renji Ishibashi

as Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)

Hoshi Ishida

as Yuji Kagaya

Jun Kunimura

as Koide

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)

Isao Natsuyagi

as Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)

Masane Tsukayama

as Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)