Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Renji Ishibashi · Ken Watanabe · Mitsuko Baisho · Naoto Ogata · Toshiyuki Nishida · Takuya Nishioka · Jun Kunimura · Kiyoshi Sasabe · Ryoko Shinohara · Tohru Emori · Katsutoshi Atarashi · Hoshi Ishida