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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

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

Ken Watanabe as Okubo

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Naoto Ogata
plays Eguchi

Ryoko Shinohara
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

Jun Kunimura as Koide

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Tatsuya Nakadai
plays Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)

Isao Natsuyagi
plays Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)

Masane Tsukayama
plays Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)

Ippei Kanie

Ikuji Nakamura


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