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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 2002-06-16
Runtime: 108 mins
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe
Writer: Kiyoshi Sasabe
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama
Original title: Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Production Companies:
Production Countries: Japan

Toshiyuki Nishida

Ken Watanabe

Naoto Ogata

Ryoko Shinohara

Katsutoshi Atarashi

Mitsuko Baisho

Tohru Emori

Renji Ishibashi

Hoshi Ishida

Jun Kunimura

Tatsuya Nakadai

Isao Natsuyagi

Masane Tsukayama

Ippei Kanie