Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS 2002 Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe 陽はまた昇る

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Release Date 16 June 2002
108 mins
Cast
Naoto Ogata Eguchi
Ryoko Shinohara Natsuka Kashiwagi
Mitsuko Baisho Masae Murakami
Tohru Emori Terayama (President of Sony)
Renji Ishibashi Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)
Hoshi Ishida Yuji Kagaya
Tatsuya Nakadai Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
Isao Natsuyagi Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)
Masane Tsukayama Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)