About Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
- Released on 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.
Full Cast of Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Toshiyuki Nishida
plays Kagaya
Ken Watanabe
plays Okubo
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plays Natsuka Kashiwagi
Katsutoshi Atarashi
plays Miyashita
Mitsuko Baisho
plays Masae Murakami
Tohru Emori
plays Terayama (President of Sony)
Renji Ishibashi
plays Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)
Hoshi Ishida
plays Yuji Kagaya
Jun Kunimura
plays Koide
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plays Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
Isao Natsuyagi
plays Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)
Masane Tsukayama
plays Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)
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