Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
Original title: 陽はまた昇る
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS is a 2002 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe, with a running time of 1h 48m. It stars Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Watanabe and Naoto Ogata.
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.
Quick answers
What is Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS about?
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.
When was Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS released?
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS was released on 16 June 2002.
How long is Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS?
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS runs 1h 48m.
Who made Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS?
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS was directed by 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)