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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

2002★ 8.0 · 31h 48mDrama

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.

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渡辺謙
as Okubo

國村隼
as Koide

篠原涼子
as Natsuka Kashiwagi

津嘉山正種
as Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)

仲代達矢
as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)

西田敏行
as Kagaya

倍賞美津子
as Masae Murakami

緒形直人
as Eguchi

石橋蓮司
as Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)

井川比佐志

夏八木勲
as Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)

石田法嗣
as Yuji Kagaya

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Release date: 2002-06-16

Runtime: 1h 48m

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Drama

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